Wednesday, December 06, 2006

o-ha-yo!

hellloooo greetings from land of the rising sun.

the weather is colllddd. ok not that. quite pleasant at around 13 degrees in the day. people watching here is ssooo fun! i get inspiration and fashion tips for winter wear to prepare for my winter quarter in seattle! hehheh.

my stupid sister keeps taking pictures of me sleeping and uploading onto flickr for my family to see. i shall take revenge. and NO you don:t get to see those pictures.

its autumn here and all the maple leaves are turning from green to yellow to orange to red. and you have the coniferous trees still green and some premature leaves dropping trees that are leafless. so when you look at a bunch of trees its like a whole brilliant host of colours and it:s really realy beautiful. and i:m always so amazed at how God makes all things beautiful in His time. really. =)

hakone is a sleepy town just an hour by express train (not the bullet train) outside tokyo. it:s one of the best spots to view mount fuji and i saw it! in all its snow-capped majestic glory!! its really quite a sight and i can understand how it has been the source of inspiration for many poets and artists. in hakone we did the attractions in one day. saw volcanic springs and mount fuji and was SSSOOO cold on the mountains. so a nice hot spring bath to end it. 2nd day we went to 2 amazing museums. biennale style.

food:s good!! enough said. i can go on and on about food. and i:m just halfway through my trip.

in tokyo we did a lot of shopping. A LOT. and we still have 5 days to go. ahaha. i:m buying clothes for seattle! i:m so happy. we also went to a design exhibition. its like a flea market but filled with original stuff done by the artists themselves. we also went for an amazing jazz concert by lee ritenour. at THE jazz club of tokyo called blue note tokyo. sister club of the blue note in new york. he and his band were AMAZING!!! and we went to another art exhibition in a shopping center featuring the works of M.C. Escher. its really really amazing too.

i:m using english so little here my english is going down the drain.

sumimasen.

ok gotta go pack the messy room and sleep. will do a proper recap of the trip when i get back. filled with pretty pictures. =)

Labels: hakone, japan, tokyo

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