howdy from the land of tomorrow today

[The Tawashi Bus Hat]

Tried out one of the vending machines with beer in it yet? xD

[Uran-chan]

Japanese organized crime.

Yes thats the right definitions for it but i Filipino/japanese friend tell there is a division of yakuza the other is Agresive the othes does not care and the others are helpful and nice

[mr skunk]

Tried out one of the vending machines with beer in it yet? xD

Lol, not yet. the ones in Niigata and Nishi Shibata only have drinks icecream and snacks. But once we go to Osaka and Tokyo I'm sure we'll find ones with beer, among other things, lol.

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My dinner the second night at a food court at a mall near our residence in Nishi Shibata. I don't know what the green drink was but I want it injected into my veins.




Here are some of my favorite pictures! These are the interior to the Japanese farm house me and 3 other girls are staying at.




The kitchen and the sliding doors into the wash room




Addition to the kitchen




The washroom! I'm not sure how many people know how the majority bathe in Japan (lol, maybe everyone?), but you sit on a stool with a movable shower head and you wash your body there. The tub is only for soaking. You leave the water for the whole family, and put a cover on it so it stays warm. You drain it at night after everyone has soaked.




Just a hallway. God I can't get over how beautiful this house is




Take your shoes off please!




Our sitting room. Lol, that's my futon in the corner




My futon!




To the left is our host and across is another girl whose staying in the house.



Lol, so here's a funny story. As I was posting these, two of the boys on this trip as well were telling a funny story to the group. Aparently they were out in the evening and like some drunk homeless guy called one of them over and just starts talking in Japanese, lol. And the boy was saying in Japanese "no no I don't understand" but the dude just kept talking. Then he handed the boy a juice box. or what the boy assumed was a juice box. It turned out to be a box of sake.... XD We're all 21 and 22 so I mean who cares? ya know? and even so the drinking age here is 20. But they don't card anywhere. They're a lot more liberal with their alcohol.

More to come!

[mr skunk]

oh, and we'll be heading for Osaka tomorrow, it'll take about 8 hours. And Friday is the Tezuka museum!!! I probably won't be able to post anything till when I get back, so just be patient!

[AprilSeven]

What a beautiful home! Did Micky-D's taste the same? Try any local specialties? Sleeping on a futon would KILL my back!! Gotta have my Sleep Number bed (wimpy American that I am!). LOVE YOUR PHOTOS!!!

[Anime Girl]

What a beautiful home! Did Micky-D's taste the same? Try any local specialties? Sleeping on a futon would KILL my back!! Gotta have my Sleep Number bed (wimpy American that I am!). LOVE YOUR PHOTOS!!!

I've had worse sleeping conditions. For example, at my Daddy's house, I have to use this small bed that I had before I got my new one, which was a year before my parents split up. Since the newer bed is at my Mom's house, I have to use the old bed. Ouch! I'm almost out growing this thing. Mr Skunk, I hope you have alot of fun on the rest of your trip. I'm so jealous. My family can only dream of going on a vacation ANYWHERE! The only thing I'v ever come close to a vacation is the annual trip to Cedar Point amusment park.

[Ysabella_15]

I swear that someday I will travel to Japan.

[avatargirl]

hi- thanks for sending details of your trip and pictures

[Uran-chan]

Awww.why haven t you take any pic of Atomu?

[Fauna]

That house is actually one of the prettiest Japanese houses I've seen in a very, very long time. I still can't get over the fact that you actually met someone in the Yakuza, becuase I want to do that someday for some reason.

Be sure to eat new things with weird names!