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The first journey

I was born in the city of Saku, Japan - a city about an hours journey from our mountain home in Karuizawa. On December 6, 1973, my brother Nathan came down with a bad case of the measles. My father and mother decided to take him to the hospital in Saku City for examination. My mother was three...

permalink written by  Sparkplug on September 20, 2007 from Nagano, Japan
from the travel blog: Nomadic Pushpins

One week left!

This will probably be my last entry in Japan. Ill upload photos when Im back in the US. My night in Tokyo was pretty fun. We hit up Roppongi, Shibuya, and Shinjuku. Im pretty sure we were almost killed in a huka bar in Roppongi. You can have alcohol in the streets here, so we stopped at a 7/11...

permalink written by  Kirsten on August 15, 2007 from Tokyo, Japan
from the travel blog: USA Summer Camp 2007

internet cafes

Its 5 30am and I am about to sleep for a solid three hours in a manga cafe in Shinjuku. I love Tokyo.

permalink written by  Kirsten on August 13, 2007 from Shinjuku, Japan
from the travel blog: USA Summer Camp 2007

Kichijoji

Yesterday was my favorite day so far, but the day before it was pretty good too so Ill start there. My family took me to the aquarium and it was lots of fun. I got to see lots of strange sea creatures and the dolphin and sea lion show. Afterwards we walked around Shinjuku and went up 44 floors...

permalink written by  Kirsten on August 12, 2007 from Tokyo, Japan
from the travel blog: USA Summer Camp 2007

Japan is a strange strange place

Two days ago we went to Harajuku which was crazy. Im planning on going back to go shopping since there are lots of thrift stores in the area. I took pictures with my host brother in the little photo booths. They are really popular here and there are underground areas just full of them. We ate...

permalink written by  Kirsten on August 10, 2007 from Tokyo, Japan
from the travel blog: USA Summer Camp 2007

Homestay 3

Im with my third host family and they are great. I can tell they are really excited to have me and they are all so nice. They have a little papillion dog who is really cute too. Today we are going to Harajuku and Im excited. Last night we went to a restaurant for dinner and they ordered...

permalink written by  Kirsten on August 8, 2007 from Tokyo, Japan
from the travel blog: USA Summer Camp 2007

I may not come home

Such adventures! I went out to Shibuya shopping at 1 and bought a sweater. Of course it was on clearance because an average sweater in Tokyo would cost me about 150 bucks. My host mom was at a conference so I met her at 5. We went to dinner with a bunch of businessmen from Japan and Hong Kong....

permalink written by  Kirsten on July 28, 2007 from Tokyo, Japan
from the travel blog: USA Summer Camp 2007

Tokyo

Yesterday both kids were gone so my host mom took me to a TV station. I guess all the TV stations in Tokyo have big festivals during this week, so that was fun. We went to Fuji TV station located on Tokyo Bay and we could see the ocean. Afterwards my mom wanted to go to the hot springs, so we...

permalink written by  Kirsten on July 27, 2007 from Roppongi, Japan
from the travel blog: USA Summer Camp 2007

Homestay 2!

Im at my second homestay and this computer is all in Japanese so this will not be grammatically correct because I cant find most of the necessary punctuation marks. I am in Roppongi and a block from Tokyo transit so I can easily travel Tokyo. My family has a 4 story house that is in the center...

permalink written by  Kirsten on July 26, 2007 from Roppongi, Japan
from the travel blog: USA Summer Camp 2007

last day in maebashi

Today was my last day with my host family. I was able to go to the elementary school and watch for a bit. They work a lot harder here than in the U.S. Today was their last day of school before their 4 weeks of summer break, and they have a ton of homework to do over summer. School never ends for...

permalink written by  Kirsten on July 20, 2007 from Maebashi, Japan
from the travel blog: USA Summer Camp 2007

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