Monthly Archives: September 2007

I awoke today seeing out of only one eye due to swelling from what I believe was a wasp sting below my eye yesterday. I read I could be like this for 3-4 days. It was raining most of the … Continue reading →

I noticed this hostel has some pretty high tech stuff. There’s a HDTV with a satellite conditional access card inside it, which means no need for a separate satellite box. The wireless routers use 802.11n, which is more than my … Continue reading →

I checked out of my hotel in the morning and headed to Akihabara again to check some things out before I leave the city. I visited a store called Yodobashi Camera, since it was supposed to be the biggest and … Continue reading →

Today is my last full day in Tokyo, and I have a marathon list of places I have to visit. I started by walking to the Asakusa ward to the famous Senso-ji. After getting a $3 bowl of noodles, I … Continue reading →

I took off on a train in the morning for the 250 miles back to Tokyo from Hiraizumi. I realized there were still a lot of things I still haven’t seen here, so I have to turn up the pace. … Continue reading →

I set off early to get to the northern most part of my trip to Japan. If you look on a map, I am north of Sendai and close to Ichinoseki. Hiraizumi is a smaller town. I can take a … Continue reading →

Woke up early and checked out of my room. I caught a train at 7:10 from Tokyo heading out of the city. After about 2 hours I made it to Nikko. I dropped off my backpack at the hostel I’m … Continue reading →

My hostel here has a strange Internet setup. Instead of using a wireless router, they give you a cable modem, you unplug the TV and plug that in. First time I’ve ever seen anything like that. The Tokyo Game Show … Continue reading →

This morning I checked out of my hotel and checked into a cheaper hostel for the next two nights. Moving there was a lot tougher than I thought it would be. I couldn’t board the train in the morning because … Continue reading →

Today I got up early and after about 1.5h on trains I made it to Kamakura. This was the capital of Japan for a while about 900 years ago. I walked to a number of historical places in Kamakura: Engaku-ji, … Continue reading →