My stay in Japan

Several years ago I was lucky enough to spend a couple months in Japan. My ex-girlfriend let me stay at her parents house for a little while and they helped me get an apartment.

I made lot's of friends while I was there. Most of my days were spent walking around the area, I got lot's of exercise and lost weight. That was despite eating and drinking a ton of food. And there is so much good food in Japan, between the box lunches that my ex's mom made me every morning and the izakaya (drinking restaurant) that I went to most evenings I was well fed. The beer in Japan is cold and crisp, it is so nice to drink cold beer with friends after a long day of exploring.

I visited some nice places, I went to Yokohama a couple times, famous for it's China town (no real competition to SF despite it's age or proximity) and a rather nice bridge. The owner of the izakaya took me to Hakkone and Odawara. Hakkone is a resort area famous for it's hot spring resorts (on'sen) and steep hill side Cedar forests. Odawara has a reproduction Castle filled with ancient weaponry and artifacts.

Posted on February 7, 2005 2:31 AM


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hey, J
why you are putting xxxx's picture on your site??
isn't it bit freaky????

Posted by: yoko | February 9, 2005 6:11 AM Gravatar Icon

I don't know if I would call it freaky... I'm just starting to put content up, I intend to put a lot more stuff here, much of it personal. I happen to think it was a good picture of her and she was part of my life at that point in time, I have a lot to thank her for, the least of which was letting me stay at her parent's house.

This isn't some kind of shrine to her (or ex-girlfriends for that matter!) That would be freaky! But I will take it down for the moment...

Posted by: Bakafish | February 9, 2005 4:31 PM Gravatar Icon

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February 7, 2005