Edo-Tokyo Museum
Today I went with Max and Anais to an incredible museum - the Edo-Tokyo Museum. I have never seen a museum with so much information in my life. It was actually exhausting to see and read everything bu...
Posts from July 2007
Back in Tokyo
The rain did not relent in Kyoto - the Typhoon has Japan under water - so I decided to go back to Tokyo to hang with Max and Anais. Went to some temples in the morning, had some lunch and then got the...
Ok... one more bathroom post
OK… one more… very appropriate video being in Japan, seeing all of the “cuteness” that permeates their culture and all of the bathroom posts, here comes a poop training video for Japanese kids...
This is the kind of day I was looking for
Despite the rain, this was the kind of day I was hoping for by traveling alone. It did not start well because the Katsura Imperial Villa I first went to see was closed… plenty of other options, I co...
Quick Morning Entry
Went to breakfast this morning here at the hotel in Hiroshima and all that was being played was Brazilian music… MPB… versions I had never heard before - all excellent renditions of the classics -...
Kyoto - first impressions
Got a hotel close to the train station as it is close to all the buses that go around town. The train station is unbelievable… it’s massive! Walked around to see the temples close to the hotel (To...
One more bathroom
Ok… I promise this will be the last one :) Legacy links from the original WordPress post ...
From sadness and sorrow to joy and beauty
That was the range of my day today. Kind of expecting it but did not think I would actually have tears in my eyes. I first wandered around the Peace Memorial Park preparing myself to go into the actua...
Japanese Bathroom, Bike Garage, and Coffee
Well, in China most of the bathrooms are crouch-down style. In Japan it’s a different story… Even the bike garage at Max’s place is pretty cool… The packaging here is also awesome… it is all...
Hiroshima night pictures
So the rain subdued and I went out for a walk and dinner. Dinner proved to be harder than I thought… unlike Tokyo there are very few menus with pictures or any signs in English for that matter. The ...