22 Days in Japan, A Series
I spent the past three weeks (+1 day) frolicking in the vast wilderness known as Japan. By myself. It was quite the experience, one of those crazy midlife crisis trips that you only seriously consider once in your life.
A little bit about me. I’m not Japanese. I don’t speak Japanese other than a few words like yes, no, thanks, etc. I understand some common expressions (“cool!”, “too slow!”, “bastard!!”) gleaned from Japanese movies/anime that I watched in college. That proved to be very useless. I also played a lot of video games in college, including Japanese ones. And I couldn’t figure out how to navigate the menus so I taught myself basic hiragana and katakana after borrowing a friend’s textbook. That proved to be surprisingly useful.
Along the way, I stayed in a number of hotels, hostels, and other places that were in-between the two. I met a lot of fun, entertaining people (and maybe some not-so-entertaining people too). I saw some giant Buddhas, a couple of castles, and lots of unintentionally hilarious signs in English.
The following posts are from each day I spent on the trip. Maybe you’ll find these posts engrossing. Maybe these posts will provide some inspiration for your future adventures in Japan. Maybe you think I suck at writing. Sorry, I can’t help you with that one.
Shall we begin?
- 22 Days in Japan, A Series
- 22 Days in Japan, Day 1: A Rainy Start
- 22 Days in Japan, Day 2: It's 4:03 and I can't sleep
- 22 Days in Japan, Day 3: Shibuya, Shrines, Love and AIDS
- 22 Days in Japan, Day 4: Akihabara, and Eight Sentences About Roppongi
- 22 Days in Japan, Day 5: Maybe I Should've Gone in April
- 22 Days in Japan, Day 6: I Went to a Wild Wild West Ramen Museum
- 22 Days in Japan, Day 7: At Least I Did Some Laundry
- 22 Days in Japan, Day 8: Don't Go To Nagoya Castle at 5 PM
- 22 Days in Japan, Day 9: Sick Day
- 22 Days in Japan, Day 10: A Trip to the Zoo
- 22 Days in Japan, Day 11: McDonald's Has Never Tasted So Good
- 22 Days in Japan, Day 12: Osaka Science Museum, Umeda, and Spa World
- 22 Days in Japan, Day 13: Den-den Town
- 22 Days in Japan, Day 14: Kyoto, Kiyomizu, and Kesha
- 22 Days in Japan, Day 15: Nara
- 22 Days in Japan, Day 16: Zen and the Art of Staring at Rocks
- 22 Days in Japan, Day 17: Nagano, Rain, and a Scary Bridge
- 22 Days in Japan, Day 18: Exploring Togakushi
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3/9/2011
10:57 am
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