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Japan 2009 – Update #5

Oct 5

Posted by Mon-chan in Osaka, Vacation | No Comments

Well, it’s been another 2 months since I last updated so I decided to write another note today. Adam and I have been in Japan for just over 9 months now!! This means that we’ll be home in less than 3 months… o.O I’m so excited but a little bit scared at the same time… things will be very different when we get back…

So what have we been up to since my last note? Well, we saw summer “end” (it’s still pretty warm even though it’s October now)!! I can’t wait until the weather starts to finally cool down though… I’m really looking forward to that! Meanwhile, when we get home, it will be summer again… *sigh*

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Japan Update #4 by Mon-chan

Aug 2

Posted by Mon-chan in Osaka, Vacation | No Comments

Well, it’s been two months since I last wrote a diary update… wow! Adam and I have been living in Japan for 7 months now. Time flies when you’re having fun… or so they say… but you know… these last 2 months have felt like a decade to me!! As most of you probably know (because I complain about it a lot!), it’s summer here in Japan now. It’s very hot and sticky… I’m so jealous to hear about the cold, miserable weather in Adelaide… I heard it’s been raining a lot there too! Damnit! I mean… it rains here nearly everyday too… but this type of rain just makes the day more humid… it doesn’t bring relief! It’s so hot here that it feels like you’re in a sauna all day… In the last few weeks, the temperature has been around 32 degrees… but it’s the humidity that is killing us. It’s usually between 70-99%! It’s disgusting! It’s uncomfortable… and our air con never gets a proper chance to rest! I’m not looking forward to our electricity bill next month… that’s for sure!! At times like this, I wish I was living in Tokyo… I hear it’s much cooler there… or better yet… Hokkaido where the temperature is usually below 20 and it’s never humid at all!! I heard this information from my good friend/musuko (=son) Hiroshi. He came back to Japan for the winter holidays to see his family and girlfriend. He was so shocked at the temperature in Osaka when he came to visit me for a few hours before heading back to Adelaide to finish his masters! It was great to catch up with him even though it was only for a few hours (THANKS HIRO)! We had okonomiyaki and yakisoba for lunch… surprisingly… it was my first Japanese meal in ages! Here I am living in Japan… not eating very much Japanese food. Haha. Anyways, next weekend, two other mates from Adelaide, Wilson and Stewart are coming here so I’m looking forward to catching up with them!! Later in the year another friend, Kathryn, will be coming to Japan as well! I’m really looking forward to seeing some friends from Adelaide! WOO!
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Universal Studios Japan

May 17

Posted by Rurisu in Meiji, New Year, Osaka, Vacation | 2 Comments

So on this past Friday we went to Universal Studios Japan (USJ). I’ll leave it to Moni to do a write up some time. Meanwhile, here’s a selection of photos for you all.

Here I am with the tour car from Jurassic Park.

One of the ones still intact anyway. Behind the camera is the Welcome Center from Jurassic Park (well in USJ its the ‘Discovery Restaurant’ but its built to look like it).

Hello Kitty in her show ‘Hello Kitty Dream Weddings’. She organizes a wedding between Aiko and Kevin (two random USJ staff members).

More in the gallery to look at below:

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Golden Week

May 8

Posted by Rurisu in Photos, Vacation | 1 Comment

I’ll get around to writing up about all the stuff we did during Golden Week while we were in the Okayama / Kurashiki area. For now, here’s a few low-res photos taken with the video camera. I’ll put up some higher quality shots from the digital camera once we’ve gone through them later.

A quick list of the things we did however:

Walk around Historical Precinct of Kurashiki
Short hike (after a long drive up) a mountain to see some ruins
US Marine Core Airshow at Iwakuni Base
Took a look at a pretty cool bridge
Took a look at another huge bridge between Honshu and Shikoku
Various other things…

I might even throw up a couple of short videos from the airshow and other things.

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20 days to go.

Dec 7

Posted by Rurisu in Vacation | 1 Comment

For those of you keeping track (read: me), just 20 days to go now. Get to pick up all our final papers and such from the travel agent some time this week (whenever we bother to go into town I guess).
Most of our preparation is complete, just a few small loose-ends to wrap up and we’re ready to put Adelaide ~9000km behind us, heh.

30 days to go!

Nov 27

Posted by Rurisu in Vacation | 2 Comments

Just 30 days left now. Perhaps I’ll actually use this thing to put up photos and such when we’re there.

Other countdowns:
16 days till farewell party.
24 days till I graduate.
28 days till Christmas.
35 days till the New Year!