Thursday, July 20, 2006

Shibuya

Yesterday we went on the shinkansen for the first time, it was a pretty comfortable smooth ride. It didn't seem to travel as fast as I thought it would, but I guess it was fast afterall because it got us to Omiya in half the time it would if we took the normal trains.

OmiyaNightlife in Shibuya

After training in Omiya, we headed down to Shibuya, Tokyo. I love Shibuya, its like my absolute favourite place in Japan- seriously there's so much to do there, so much to see, so many people!! Brought back all the old memories of when Jeremy and I were last there 2 years ago.

Shifuku L-R J, Cole, Yuki, Mike, Gem, Me, Petra and Kaeta

Went for food and drinks last night with some workmates at a random izakaya. Wasn't the best place for food but everyone seemed content. Then Jay, Mike, Gem and I made a mad dash back to the train station so we wouldnt miss the last shinkansen. Lucky we made it just on time!! Don't you just hate how public transport always ends so early?


Didn't join the others for drinks again after coz gem got travel sickness (again) so we grabbed some good ol maccas and went home and watched fast and furious tokyo drift. As always, I fell alseep before it ended =P so ill have to watch the rest tonight...Also watched pirates of the carribean last night...that was good!!

6 comments:

The Shaw Family said...
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The Shaw Family said...

This site brought back memories for me. I lived in Japan in the early 1990’s. A topic for Voice could be, “How has Western civilization affected you?”

DR Shaw
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Gemmish said...

Thanks Dr Shaw, I'll try that topic some time this week and I'll let ya know how it goes..!!!

Where did you live when u were in Japan? What were you doing here? Did you teach english too?

The Shaw Family said...

I was in Okinawa mostly. I was in the USAF. I did a lot of travel in the far east and enjoyed my time there. I wish to visit again as a civilian. I really did enjoy the people, culture, and general atmosphere. There was so much to see and absorb. It was as busy as my mind works, a perfect fit.

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