Japan

Japan: Never to return

The summer has been really hot, frustrating, and rather restrictive for my very free american spirit. Welp, I somehow survived through the Mitsubishi horror and here I am, trying to pack all my belongings into one bag. Joanne is taking the back for me back to America, and I am only taking…

Japan: Nara

Nara is the third city of the three major cities to visit in South Japan. It is smaller and quieter than the other two cities that I have visited before, and the main attractions are some of its temples and the Big Buddha. But Joanne and I, at this point, were sick of temples.

Japan: Kyoto

Kyoto is one of the most traditional cities in South Japan, as far as I can tell. The city is full of temples, palaces, and shrines. I took a red eye bus from Tokyo to Kyoto, because it was way cheaper than taking a Shinkansen. But it was Obon, so naturally, the whole country is traveling for vacation…

Japan: Osaka

Osaka is one of the three big cities to visit in southern Japan, and is probably the most modern of the three (kyoto and nara being the other two). Osaka is full of fun things, nightlife events, and modern shops and buildings.

Japan: Akhihabara

Japan: University of Tokyo

As a part of the Caltech/JIP bullshit, the techers had to meet up

Japan: KitchHike

At this point, I have hated work and hoped that a natural disaster would make it such that I didn’t have to go to work anymore.

And luckily, something better happened!

I use this website called couchsurfing to let people stay at my place when…

Japan: Climbing Mount Fuji

Oh man, Joanne just cannot keep her excitement under control.

Today is a day that we have both been waiting for and dreading. Today.. us two weaklings tackle Mount Fuji!

Japan: Erika

I attended Harvard Summer school during my junior year summer of high school, and I met some great friends there. Silvia — from Spain, Aizhan — from Los Angeles (now at Harvard), Christina — from Florida (and still in Florida), and Erika — from Switzerland/Japan!

Japan: Odawara Castle

On our way back from Hakone, we decided we could stop by another castle/temple thing, because we had spent lots of money to get that far. so better milk the experience to get our money’s worth!