Kyoto

Went to Kyoto during the weekend. Thought I'd love Kyoto but it wasn't at all what I expected it to be. The town wasn't full of cute old houses. They only had some temples that you have to pay a lot to get to see. And friday was an awful day. It rained the whole day, I was wet up to my knees and I walked around like that for 12 hours until we could check into our guest house. Plus, I hadn't slept much on the night bus. Went to bed around 8 that day.

At least I got a few nice pictures of Kyoto...

Roppongi Spider

For you, dear sister.

Harajuku kids

Harajuku is the place where the weirdly dressed kids gather and pose for the tourists coming there to take their pictures. Some are cute and some are just strange (what's with the panda outfit?). And some people go there to give away free hugs. Kawaii~

Sabrina got hugged.

Odaiba

This is probably my favourite place in Tokyo - the harbour. They have a nice little beach that you can walk along and you might get to see street performers juggling torches and Fuji Television Network shooting some tv series there. And it's even better when you go there together with a cute guy when the sun is setting. Odaiba is a really nice place ;)

IKEA

Thursday we went to IKEA to eat some swedish meatballs. Yummy! Also took a stroll around the store to see what they had to offer. The only thing I bought was some swedish candy - Ahlgrens bilar and Daim. Treated some of my non-swedish friends at the house to some and they liked it. Japan should sell swedish candy in every shop.

Home sweet home

These are some pictures from my student residence (where not only students live). My room, the garbage room opposite my door, the corridor on my floor and the laundry room (where my pink fluffy slippers are now being washed). It doesn't look like much but I like living here.

Seoul

For the sake of prolonging my visa, I went to Seoul, Korea for 3 days during Golden Week. At first I didn't like it, because my hotel was located in some shady part of town and I thought all of Seoul would be the same. The second day was better. World Link Education's korean office gave me some good tourist information so I went off to see Gyenongbokgung Palace and then did some shopping in Insa-dong and Myeong-dong. Have to say that the shopping is better in Seoul than it is in Tokyo. I don't really like the Tokyo fashion. Too fashionable for me.

In Seoul I found these underwear/pyjama shops everywhere I went. Really cute! I wish they had them in Tokyo too...

Sunshine

It's a beautiful day - the sun is shining, it's hot and I'm wearing shorts and a tshirt.
And suddenly this woman appears, all dressed in black. Coat, pants and even gloves to cover herself up with. And of course, an umbrella. This is how some japanese women (have yet to see a man like this) enjoy the nice weather. All afraid of UV rays and skincancer. It's good to be cautious about all that but isn't this a bit too much?

The first post

Oh. my. god. I finally have a blog! I almost can't believe it. Was supposed to start it when I first came to Japan but better late than never I guess... Now we'll just have to wait and see how often I update this thing.
Created this blog so I could show my friends and family how my life is here in Tokyo. And of course to show all the funny and strange things I've stumbled upon while being here... so much to share!

Since I came here (which was about 1 1/2 month ago) I've taken about 1500 pictures with my digicam. Which means my memory card is almost full and I've gotta burn them down so I can take even more pictures. Gonna upload some pics the next time I have my camera with me.

Now, time for some coffee and lunch at Doutor!
Tata for now!