Sorry I've been absent from my blog for a long time now. I've been busy and lazy recently.
First, a recap of the crazy visit I had from Joe and Zev. They arrived on Saturday and I told them to stay at a hotel near the Airport and then head to Tokyo in the morning. I was afraid they would get lost in giant Tokyo Station. Well they didn't listen and went to Tokyo and got lost in Tokyo Station...haha. Luckily they met a guy who spoke English and they found a hotel.
The next day they came to Tottori. I went to the station and met them at the top platform. It must have been truly funny for the Japanese people there to see three big ass Americans jumping up and down pounding there chests, hugging, howling like wolves and screaming "ohhhh what up." They came back to my place and my friend Ai picked us up and we headed to the beach. We had an awesome time at the beach and then went out for some nasty Japanese food.
Monday we rented some bicycles and headed to the sand dunes. We swam in the sea and ran up and down the huge sand dune for like 4 hours. After that we were so exhausted we came back, took a nap and then met Mitsue at the station. She was her usual Genki self and we hung out at Mt. Kyusho with her for about an hour. After that we went to an all you can drink event at the top of this hotel. It was a lot of fun.
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Wednesday, we woke up early and headed to Tokyo. We had a lot of fun on the trains talking, drinking and being foreign. When we got to Kyoto we found our hotel and it was a sweet Japanese style hotel. The room was really big (by japanese standards) and conveniently near the station. We then headed to Kiyomizu Temple, the most famous one in Kyoto, it was really crowded, but it was still fun. It was fun to watch Joe and Zev take in the Japanese culture and history. It is so different from anything in America and I could tell they were in awe. Joe was scared he was going to break something, so he walked around with his arms behind his back. As we walked around, I kept hearing these Japanese girls call us the "cool foreigners." It is always fun to be called cool, haha.
Thursday was my favorite day of the trip. We took a train to Nara, where we met Jeremy and his friend Melissa. I knew that Joe and Zev would like Jeremy because he is just like us, always looking to have a good time and make a good joke. We went to the Todaiji Temple / Big Buddha place in Nara. It was the most magnificent temple I have seen so far in Japan. The Temple is soooo big and it is made entirely of wood. Then once inside you see this giant Buddha statue. It was awesome. To add to all this excitement, there are like 5 thousand deer rooming the streets of Nara. They just chill and when people bring out food they crowd you and don't leave you alone. I bought some deer cookies and the deer would not leave me alone. The rest of the day was spent wandering, playing at an arcade and chillin out at a sweet restaurant. It was my favorite day by far and we were able to convince Jeremy and Melissa to come to Tokyo with us.
Friday and Saturday were kinda blurry. We got to Tokyo and the partying began. We went out to these crazy clubs and didn't get to do as much sightseeing as I wanted, but oh well the clubs were insanely fun. Friday we went to Roppongi and almost lost Joe...This is the foreign area of Tokyo, so there were a bunch of foreign people, didn't really feel like Japan.
Saturday we did some hungover sightseeeing. We went to Harajuku and people watched in this crowded area of Japanese Hipsters. It was ok...Then we went to the Tokyo Metro Government Building which is the tallest one in Tokyo. I wanted them to see the crazy expanse of concrete that is Tokyo from above. They were impressed, but hungover so we stayed for like twenty minutes and then left. It was still fun for them to see the crazy size of Tokyo. That night we went out to Shibuya.....and we didn't leave the club until 5 am.....I won't go into detail, but one of the highlights was the 4 of us starting a giant dance circle and having the entire club watch us as we performed various American dance moves that are foreign to them. Of course they thought we were so cool, because Japanese people love American Culture. I wish I could have gotten that on video...
The next day, Joe left and Zev and I headed back to Tottori. The next four days can be summed up with one word BEACH. Zev and I just went to the beach and chilled. It was really relaxing after being crazy in Tokyo for a couple of days. Zev left on Thursday and it was back to the grind of teaching..
Let me just say that they made me even more homesick. I don't think I have ever had that much fun in my entire life. It was an amazing experience and it will be hard to top. Enjoy the pics. Check out the facebook pics.
Since then, Ive just been working hard, teaching and I have to move apartments because our school is relocating.....sucks. but oh well. I had the best summer of my life so it is a fair trade off. I lived my first summer by the beach and it definitely lived up to the hype. Beach parties, beach bbqs, chillin at the beach reading an awesome book and playing golf by the beach definitely made my summer. Such an awesome summer.
I promise not to be so lazy with this blog anymore...haha.
