So, as I was cleaning my room today I came across the leftover catnip that goes along with the kitties’ scratching mat. Well, as they’ve demolished all the cardboard on the mat, I decided to just sprinkle it on my carpet instead. Lizzy loved this idea. She loved it for about an hour. Here’s a [...]
“Hanami” means approximately “blossom watching”. It is a very popular pasttime during cherry blossom season here in Japan. During the day, people spread tarps under the cherry trees and eat, drink, and play to their hearts content. During the night, people spread tarps under the cherry trees and eat, drink, and play even more. The [...]
I decided it would take too long to upload the Kyoto pictures in the usual way so this is what you get: pictures
Ozone, pronounced O-zo-nay, is the region of Nagoya my roommates and I invaded last Wednesday. We led an expedition to Nagoya Dome where the Dragons play (baseball). On the way there we took a pedestrian bridge patterned with rainbow tiles. We took a thirty minute photo-op goofing off with the self timer on my camera. [...]
So I told you before about the ケーキバイキング (all you can eat dessert buffet) that my roommates and I went to for Valentines day. Well now I have pictures for you. We got all snazzed up in our cutest outfits, I got to wear my new cutesy shorts in the Japanese style. Anyways, here are the [...]
Last weekend (meaning last wednesday), my roommates and I went on a meander around Nagoya Castle. Here are some of the pictures. We didn’t actually go onto the castle grounds because it was closing when we arrived, but we didn’t really care too much about that. First we wandered around the garden north of the [...]
Here is some fine Engrish for all my Engrish speaking friends.
I finished it around 2am last night so I waited to take pictures and post about it this afternoon. Here is my most wonderful and amazing First Sock Ever.
So I finally got around to downloading the pictures and videos I took on New Years Eve. May, Kelly, and I went to Atsuta Shrine to ring in the new year with about half of Nagoya. All of the little paths and walkways into the shrine were lined with food, game, fortune, and souvenier stands. [...]
On December 27th I went to Kyoto with May and Kelly. Originally we were going to leave around 6:40am because that would put us in Kyoto around 9am which is when all the temples and shrines would be open but because of some confusions with the trains and timing we missed the 6:40am train and [...]