All alonein Kyoto

Kyoto...if you rearrange the letters that spells Tokyo!

Yet however similiar they may sound, Kyoto and Tokyo are not even comparable! It is soo different here. Its sooo beautiful here! There so many temples mixed in with the modern city life. The historical monuments and classy shops really give this city such an amazing atmosphere! The hotel I'm in is also really nice... its got a starbucks!! yay!! no more nasty japanese coffee!!!

Even tho I'm pretty enthusiastic to have made it here today, I was all alone... It's incredible how I can get around this country without speaking a word of Japanese. It's also remarkable how people can actually communicate with only a few words of english...

Well when I got here, I went to this gorgeous mountainous area called Arishiyama. OH MY GOD (:O was my face the whole time. This place was literally breathtaking. It was seriously so worth seeing. I loved every minute of it!!!

then I went down to the GION CENTER to try to see a maiko or geisha show. however when I got there, the show was almost over... well actually it was kinda a good thing because the guy let me go in just to catch the ending of the show. Talk about a rip off!! It was just a puppet geisha! haha well at least i didnt have to pay...

BTW today i saw a DOMOKUN!! Finally :)!!!

The big one was close to $90 (ridiculous... i like toys and all but i aint about to shell out $100 -which is half the money i have left here - on a domokun!) but I bot the small one. I will see if I can get a picture of the big one when I have another chance. At least I can say I saw one!!!

toKYo!!!!

cannot explain this...

craziness around me...

this city doesnt stop.

rite now @ an internet cafe that looks out of this world...

i love tokio!!!

hope this keyboard doesn't swwtch in2 jpneze md.

im now a R%b0T.

w/ jpneze hair wh0 sp3aks in 0s n 1s


01 010 1 01 100 1100 1100!

Mickey Mouse speaks Japanese?!

Yesterday emrah and I went to Disney Sea for the first time.
It was soo fun! By far the indiana jones ride was the awesomest!!

It was cool to see so many of my favourite japanese friends as well...

jiminey crucket


a har-ABUku girl


an evil japanese jafar




I learned a few japanese words:

"tanoSHE dee roo?" : are you having fun?
"haunto??" or "ooh so?": really??
"ech!?" : whaaa?!
"shinto" : i think this means when your foot falls asleep (i have to double check this)--- just did.. its actually a religion
"sumuyi" : cold (which i get a lot)
"sumimassen": excuse me/sorry/please
"su goi!": awesome or sooo good!


Anyway my vocab is growing and the people here are all so nice!!


Currently, I'm enjoying a lost in translation moment. Stuck in a japanese room eating a traditional japanese breakfast full of all the essential nutrients for bad teeth:

pocky and green bean kit kat!!

Here in Japan!

OMG I can't believe I made it!!! 13 hours on a plane with a weird peruvian deaf mute lady and a comfy-as-hell U pillow - I AM HERE safe and sound....

The U pillow saved my life! For anyone travelling more than 4 hours on a plan, I highly recommend you get one!

Emrah is here with me and his room is pretty sick! We went to a weird arcade today and wasted so much money trying to get a Stitch doll from the pick up game machine...

Observation of the day: hmm... there have been so many - I guess the fact that everyone speaks sooo fast and I am compleeetely bewildered and overwhelmed when they talk to me!

But emrah's japanese is pretty impressive - at least thats what i think...

Tommorrow: DISNEY SEA!