Tagged With: tokyo
Sakura House Choices
Following up on my earlier post about housing for foreigners in Tokyo, I’ve been looking at where I could move if I were to go there. My friend Merritt, the current JASS teacher, had a terrible experience with Sakura House, but it honestly does seem to be the easiest place to get into and get … Continue reading
Massive Update
Wow, it has been a very long time since I updated, and I have done so much. The reason I haven’t been updating is because I am so tired all the time. I am constantly on the go and I often spend free time catching up on email and sleeping! I am going to try … Continue reading
Google Translate is Funny
I would say at least one-third of the websites I’ve been visiting while I’m here are in Japanese. Obviously, I need Google Translate for this. Their ability to translate Japanese is not so great; I’ve noticed that other languages translate much more fluidly. Japanese translations are usually good enough to get the idea, but sometimes … Continue reading
Weekend in Shinjuku
I spent the majority of my weekend in Shinjuku. After school on Friday, I got on the Tsukuba Express and rode to Minami-Naregayama, where I transferred to the JR for Kita-Fuchu. I was planning to stay with a woman from CouchSurfing, but I got lost from some bad directions, and I had to be in … Continue reading
Week Two Begins
On Sunday it rained and rained. I wandered around Asakusa a little bit, bought a couple of items from the shops in the covered outdoor mall, and then settled into a Starbucks to nurse a mocha and ponder my next move. The #1 thing I wanted to do that day was wander around town – … Continue reading
All Day in Tokyo
I got to Tokyo yesterday afternoon, and after some accidental clueless wandering around* I made my way to Hotel Kawase. By the time I got upstairs to my capsule, I was tired, so I figured I’d take a short nap – that was at about 5:00. I woke up about 8:00 and decided not to … Continue reading