'Japan' Category
千倉、田舎、 館山城、,Chikura, Country Side, Tateyama Castle
by James in General, Japan, Travel on January 7th, 2008
This past weekend marks the last weekend of winter vacation. With that I did some traveling to see my friend Ippei in Chikura. Chikura is about 3 hours from my dorm and about 100 kilometers from Tokyo. It is located in Chiba Prefecture on the Pacific side of the Peninsula that is Tokyo Bay towards [...]
正月、New Years 07 – 08
by James in General, Japan, Travel on January 1st, 2008
Welcome to 2008! This year promises to be an interesting one. It started different than most – for starts I am in Japan (of course). Secondly – it also started with a traditional New Year’s ‘brunch’. There is no better way to start the first meal of the year with some warm sake. I think [...]
Disney Sea Round II
by James in General, Japan, Travel on December 24th, 2007
I had the chance to go to Disney Sea again this past weekend to see it all decked out Christmas style. If you didn’t read my original post about disney sea, you might want to check it.
This time was completely different from the last. For starters I had at least 6.5 hours of sleep this [...]
鎌倉、大仏、Kamakura Daibutsu
by James in General, Japan, Travel on December 16th, 2007
This post will be a slight deviation from the recent posts in that it will have photos and be less deep. So let’s dive right in to the photos. However I do quite like the deeper posts like the previous ones so it won’t be the end of them for sure.
This is one of [...]
大正時代文学、夏目漱石、Taisho Era Literature, Natume Souseki
by James in General, Japan on December 9th, 2007
This semester has been a revealing one to say the least. My eyes have been ever more opened to the ways of man. I don’t see exact parallels today, but you see the attempts at manipulation of a population. You see greed by countries who are trying to keep their world hegemony and by those [...]
Hobbies, Salarymen, White Trash, Autumn 紅葉, 御嶽山
by James in General, Japan, Travel on November 28th, 2007
One thing I’ve started paying attention to while moving about Japan is what people are doing. I’ve seen countless number of people reading English books (as in books in English) or books about learning English etc. Of course sleeping is a regular occurrence.
However the two most peculiar things I’ve seen thus far: a [...]
横浜美術館, Yokohama Art Museum, Surrealism
by James in General, Japan, Travel on November 10th, 2007
Today was the first time in a long time that I was able to just go out and have a bit of fun. I studied a bit this morning to afford the slacking off during the day. Autumn is finally here. The leaves are changing colors. Mufflers can finally come out of the closet. Soups [...]
Banada Cafe
by James in General, Japan, Travel on October 29th, 2007
This is a video from Saturday night in Shibuya at a small cafe kind of off the beaten path called the Banada Cafe. It is in what appears to be an old house, with the floors being wooden and quite aged looking. Upstairs there is a a very small record shop, I forget the [...]
Lone Star Cafe
by James in General, Japan, Travel on October 28th, 2007
This weekend has been a musical weekend full of contrast.
A few weeks ago I found a Texas Cafe in Tokyo online called the Lone Star Cafe. I emailed the owner telling him that I am an exchange student from Texas etc. I went and wow, it was pretty awesome. So awesome in fact, that [...]
Map, 地図, Google Earth
by James in General, Japan, Travel on October 21st, 2007
So I’ve come to realize that I often mention names of places that I go (the main ones being the school campuses) but unless you are familiar with the Tokyo area, I might as well be speaking..well..Japanese. I’ve used the awesomeness that is google earth to put some pins on a map and share with [...]
