Lively if not Live from Japan
by Joel R. Voss aka. Javantea
April 6, 2006 11:22 JST
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Now I have survived the first 48 hours in Tokyo, Japan, I'm in good enough shape to discuss the first 24 with you. I'm eating some BIG Cup Noodle Curry from Circle K in Kanda (神田).
Here is my list of goals for the first 24 hours:
Primary
- Eat (食べる [たべる] taberu)
- Get onto the Internet (インターネット inta-netto)
- Find Asakusa (浅草)
- Get key (鍵 [かぎ] kagi) to room
- Get to room (部屋 [へや] heya) in Asakusa
- Get lost (迷 [まよう] mayou) in Tokyo
- Get unlost (見当たる [みあたる] miataru) in Tokyo
- Find Akihabara (秋葉原)
- Read Manga (漫画 [まんが] manga)
On the plane I met a nice Japanese man who lives in Tokyo. We talked about Tokyo and a few things. When I got off, I went through customs quite easily. They speak English and they are quite helpful. Before exiting the airport I met a nice American who was in a similar position as me trying to find an ATM to buy a ticket. We found a confusing atm that gave us our money eventually. Note to traveller: 1 yen (円 [えん] en) is approximately 1 penny, so 30,000 yen is $300 US depending on the exchange rate.
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by Joel R. Voss aka. Javantea
April 2, 2006
Greetings viewers. I appreciate you taking time in your busy schedule to take a look at my site. As I make my journey in Japan, I will update this site to reflect my many experiences. I will take pictures wherever I have the ability to do so -- to make your viewing experience as nice as I can make it.
Whether you're interested in traveling Japan, traveling elsewhere, or learning more about Japan, I hope to give you plenty of great data. One of the reasons I am going to Japan is to see for myself, so if you're interested in finding out whether what I say is true, go see Japan for yourself.
In format, I hope to keep this blog from grand generalities, infinitives, and negativity. I will recommend many things, explain some things, and hopefully create an non-travel guide which will describe my travels without the tourism parts.
If you want, click the link below to get this same front page with the Rising Sun logo at the top.
Rising Sun Sakura
- Lively if not Live from Japan
- Getting Cheap Air Fare to Japan
- Getting a Cheap Place in Japan
- Learn Hiragana and Katakana
- Learn Kanji Quickly - Level 4
- Learn Kanji Quickly - Level 3 - Part 1
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