Tuesday, August 21, 2007

More pics!!














A few weeks back, my friend Kassandra and I went to a place in Tokyo called Yanaka Ginza. It's a really cute area with cute shops, some really old buildings, and a park with lots of turtles. The first pic is us in this really neat (HUGE!) old house. It was super hot, but glad we went out. The second pic is just one section of the huge house. Third pic is the side of a traditional candy shop... really neat building. The art on the side of the building was amazing.
Then there were the turtles. Notice the turtle climbing up the ramp... we sat and watched him try and try to get up to the platform. He was really gambaru-ing (trying hard), but after the third time of sliding backward down the ramp... he gave up and swam off. It was so funny to watch though!!
Sorry this is all such a jumble... I'm decidedly annoyed by the way that the formatting works on blogger sometimes. I can't seem to get anything to line up anymore. Oh well... It can't really be helped.
Hope everyone is enjoying summer and staying cool!!



















Thursday, August 02, 2007

Wow... has it really been that long?

Ok... so here are the long awaited pictures... The first is of rice fields "back home" in Yamagata. I was there in June (yeah... JUNE!!!) for a wedding. Aaaaah... it's so peaceful there... not quite like Tokyo.

Second picture... it's an odd tradition at weddings, but a lot of times there are goofy dances, skits, or songs that are performed for the bride and groom. The guys with the multi-colored wigs are all the grooms' friends from high school. Hahaha... the made me laugh SO hard!

The last picture is of a turtle. I like turtles... and you see them in parks here in Japan all the time. Thus, the picture. Now when my mom was here we used her camera and she didn't have a cable with her so I couldn't transfer any of those pics to my computer. But they will be coming soon.

Also, big news... I'm staying here in Japan to finish my degree. I am looking forward to finishing here and also getting to meet more people and maybe even have people visit me! That's an open invitation!!