back from japan

well i spent friday through sunday in osaka. i enjoyed my time there. i spent the first night at the youth hostel which was really clean and big. spent saturday watching rakugo, a japanese style of comedy and story telling. i was surprised with it being packed. i had some great food too. monday i spent sometime in tokyo. the things i've noticed is the amount of people everywhere. i've also noticed that there seems to be lots of foreign ppl too. overall i would say this was a great trip. so much i've learned, and it was enjoyable. would i like to live there? maybe if it's in osaka or some smaller town. but i would like to go back from time to time.

spending time on trains

it seems that's what i have been doing the last 2 days. on wednesday i went to kyushu which is the southern island in Japan. anyways i spent 2 days on two different prefectures. one in a big city and the other a small hot spring area. i enjoyed my times at both place. everywhere i go there are people. the thoughts that have gone while i travel is this. even though i understand and speak the language, this place is a foreign country to me. traveling around on a train does takes its toll. however since i enjoy train, it was enjoyable. the hot spring city was just wonderful. the mountains was beautiful, it's nothing like the rockies but there is something spectacular of the views. walking around tired me so the last couple nights i've been just relaxing, doing not much. starting friday i am looking forward to my time in osaka, a place i haven't visited n 16 years.

day 2 of japan

well day 2 of japan is now at end. arrived on monday the 3rd with little incident. had some problem getting contact with my brother but did manage to meet up with him. had a late supper with brother and cousin. slept at their place. in the morning caught a train to nagoya, which is 2 hours south of tokyo.(where i stayed the night) met up with my uncle and went to my cousin's place. saw her baby and spent much of the time there. afterwards went to a shopping centre which had many rows of interesting shops. next morning i will try to get a train early to go south. hopefully i get up early. i'm getting sleepy so i will just end it here.