Hi all,
Well I'm in Osaka at the moment. Since my last post I've been back to the camp on Awashima Island and completed the second Session. I'm now roaming around Japan, getting into what trouble I can find.
I departed Awashima on the 26th at 7:50am. I arrived in Kobe around 13:00 on the same day. Coco met me and took me to a Hotel called R&B, where I checked in my bags and headed out for lunch with her and her mum. We ended up eating curry at an actual Indian resturant. Kobe is a really multicultural city. It reminds me of Melbourne. Later that day Coco took me out to a Universal Studio Japan, staff party. Basically they're all performers so they had unplugged performances. It was pretty cool, they were very talented.
Yesterday (27-Aug-2004) I spent the day walking around Kobe, exploring.
I then moved all of my stuff over to Taki's place in Osaka and that's where I'm staying tonight. I'll be heading over to Kyoto tomorrow but I'll be leaving some stuff at Taki's. I'll stay over in Kyoto and go to Nara on the next day. Depending on how things go I might stay in that area for a little while it depends on how nice Kyoto really is. My plan after that is to head back to Nagoya and fix up a few things and then head over to Tokyo and then maybe head over to Sapporo.
I'm posting up pictures as usual. So please head over to my pictures section to see all the new pics.
-Chan in Japan
Saturday, August 28, 2004
Monday, August 16, 2004
Update: 16-Aug-2004
Ok, sorry for not updating my blog. But I have had some technical difficulties. Ok so far this is what's been happening. I have finished my training (aka Pre-camp) and I have been a Mountain Bike Instructor for the last week for the first group of kids. It was great fun and I look forward for to the next group.
I've been taking pictures like there's no tomorrow. Which wasn't a problem in the past but it's a bit of a problem now that I don't have regular internet access. I've been basically spending the last 3 hours uploading pictures.
My current plans are as follows. Finish the camp on the 26th of August. Head over to Kobe the next morning and meet up with Koko. And the rest is very flexible at the moment.
I'm exhausted. I'm sorry I can't type anymore...
Take care all,
"Chan in Japan"
I've been taking pictures like there's no tomorrow. Which wasn't a problem in the past but it's a bit of a problem now that I don't have regular internet access. I've been basically spending the last 3 hours uploading pictures.
My current plans are as follows. Finish the camp on the 26th of August. Head over to Kobe the next morning and meet up with Koko. And the rest is very flexible at the moment.
I'm exhausted. I'm sorry I can't type anymore...
Take care all,
"Chan in Japan"
Chan in Hiroshima
Hi all,
Well I'm in Hiroshima at the moment doing a little sightseeing. I've been here for 2 days now and I'm leaving tomorrow morning.
On the first day in Hiroshima I was invited by Akiko Suzuki (a Japanese girl who stopped me for no apparent reason) to do what I thought was at first some kind of cult activity. But lucky it wasn't. It ended up being an activity for Peace. Yep that's right Peace. You see here in Hiroshima there's a strong anti-war feeling because of what happened in the war.
OK, so activity was basically building a dome out of plastic sheets. It sounds easy but it actually took a little bit of work and precision taping. I'm in the process of uploading the pics now so for those who have no idea what I'm rambling on about just check out the pics.
And today I went to Miyajima. This is where the "Floating" Torii lives. It's basically a big gate that was built on a marsh. At high tide the gate looks like it is floating on the water. Again I'm in the process of uploading the pics so please spend sometime checking them out.
There were a lot of really tame deer there they were just walking around amongst the tourists. But again pictures say a 1000 words so just check out my pics.
-Chan in Japan
Well I'm in Hiroshima at the moment doing a little sightseeing. I've been here for 2 days now and I'm leaving tomorrow morning.
On the first day in Hiroshima I was invited by Akiko Suzuki (a Japanese girl who stopped me for no apparent reason) to do what I thought was at first some kind of cult activity. But lucky it wasn't. It ended up being an activity for Peace. Yep that's right Peace. You see here in Hiroshima there's a strong anti-war feeling because of what happened in the war.
OK, so activity was basically building a dome out of plastic sheets. It sounds easy but it actually took a little bit of work and precision taping. I'm in the process of uploading the pics now so for those who have no idea what I'm rambling on about just check out the pics.
And today I went to Miyajima. This is where the "Floating" Torii lives. It's basically a big gate that was built on a marsh. At high tide the gate looks like it is floating on the water. Again I'm in the process of uploading the pics so please spend sometime checking them out.
There were a lot of really tame deer there they were just walking around amongst the tourists. But again pictures say a 1000 words so just check out my pics.
-Chan in Japan
Wednesday, August 11, 2004
Pictures of where I'm working.
The JR Shikoku company has a web site where pics are being posted. If you want to see what I'm up to go to this website:
http://ptc.jrscomware.com/canada/scr/board/QBoard.asp?DispKeyword=&Action=%82%B3%82%AA%82%B7&DocLimiteSel=0&ChkDispLink=&DispCategory=%82%B7%82%D7%82%C4%82%CC%8Cf%8E%A6&DispLink=ON&DispImg=&SearchFolder1=&DocLimiteNo=0&DefLimNo=1&DocLimite=&Keyword
It's all in Japanese so for those who don't understand Japanese (myself included) just have a look at the pics. I can't post any of my own pics up yet as we are on a dialup connection. So you guys will just have to wait for a little while.
I have limited access to the internet. An my email Blog posts don't seem to work for some reason. So for this leg of my journey I won't have much posted up.
Good luck and Take care all.
I will post messages as soon as I get to an internet cafe with a decent connection. Not to mention all the pics.
-Chan in Japan
http://ptc.jrscomware.com/canada/scr/board/QBoard.asp?DispKeyword=&Action=%82%B3%82%AA%82%B7&DocLimiteSel=0&ChkDispLink=&DispCategory=%82%B7%82%D7%82%C4%82%CC%8Cf%8E%A6&DispLink=ON&DispImg=&SearchFolder1=&DocLimiteNo=0&DefLimNo=1&DocLimite=&Keyword
It's all in Japanese so for those who don't understand Japanese (myself included) just have a look at the pics. I can't post any of my own pics up yet as we are on a dialup connection. So you guys will just have to wait for a little while.
I have limited access to the internet. An my email Blog posts don't seem to work for some reason. So for this leg of my journey I won't have much posted up.
Good luck and Take care all.
I will post messages as soon as I get to an internet cafe with a decent connection. Not to mention all the pics.
-Chan in Japan
Tuesday, August 03, 2004
TYPHOON!!! 31-JULY-22004
I'm stuck in a place called OKAYAMA. It's the city which connects the main island of Japan to SHIKOKU. There aren't any trains or ferries going to SHIKOKU tonight. So I've had to rent a room for the night. This leg of my journey is already eating into my funds. GRRR. I know that doesn't sound very adventurous but I'm on a stricted budget on this trip.
The other problem is I have to be in Takuma by 10am tomorrow morning but if there are no trains then I can't get there on time. But I'm sure it'll all work out.
-Chan in the typhoon :(
The other problem is I have to be in Takuma by 10am tomorrow morning but if there are no trains then I can't get there on time. But I'm sure it'll all work out.
-Chan in the typhoon :(
Chan has left NAGOYA (31-July-2004)
Hi all,
I'm on a train bound for HIMEJI. And I've just been informed that the ferry to AWASHIMA island has been cancelled due to the typhoon. So it looks like I'll be staying in TAKUMA tonight. After packing all of my stuff I'm carrying about 20kg on my back. That's after sending home 16kg and leaving my laptop and about 15kg worth of stuff with Takako (Thanks again Takako). I think at some stage I will have to send back another box.
The Japanese landscape is really beautiful. With rolling hills and these rice patties. Even in a typhoon. Actually it looks pretty good when the wind blows over the rice fields. It actually creats waves, very nice.
I experienced my first earthquake on Tuesday morning at 01:55 NAGOYA, JAPAN time. It was only a small one. But it was enough to shake my bed and other items in my room. I was just hoping that it wasn't going to get worse. There were 3 small earthquakes in a row. But no damage was done so all is well.
I just wish I paid attention in the Japanese classes in High School. Oh well.
Chan in Japan signing off.
I'm on a train bound for HIMEJI. And I've just been informed that the ferry to AWASHIMA island has been cancelled due to the typhoon. So it looks like I'll be staying in TAKUMA tonight. After packing all of my stuff I'm carrying about 20kg on my back. That's after sending home 16kg and leaving my laptop and about 15kg worth of stuff with Takako (Thanks again Takako). I think at some stage I will have to send back another box.
The Japanese landscape is really beautiful. With rolling hills and these rice patties. Even in a typhoon. Actually it looks pretty good when the wind blows over the rice fields. It actually creats waves, very nice.
I experienced my first earthquake on Tuesday morning at 01:55 NAGOYA, JAPAN time. It was only a small one. But it was enough to shake my bed and other items in my room. I was just hoping that it wasn't going to get worse. There were 3 small earthquakes in a row. But no damage was done so all is well.
I just wish I paid attention in the Japanese classes in High School. Oh well.
Chan in Japan signing off.
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