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Moved from Osaka to Hiroshima on Sunday. Good thing we have rail passes because we missed our first train. Would have been an expensive mistake, but for us it just makes the rail passes a more worthwhile investment by increasing how much we have saved in rail fares. Here we’ve been staying with a friend […]

If you wanted a postcard, I forgot your address at home! So please send again!

It only struck me where we were going when we boarded our connection in Detroit. The proportion of Asian to non-Asian was worse than the faculty of math 😉 Arrived yesterday evening at like 6:00. After exchanging our vouchers for our rail passes (fingers crossed I don’t lose mine) we got on an “express” train […]

Do you know how to say Bacon in Japanese? I do. It’s “Bacon”. For a list of other Kosher/Non-Kosher foods and their translations, check out Kosher and Non-Kosher list of meat, fish and sea foods with a Japanese translations

Hello. this is Sakura Hotel at Tokyo, Japan. Here is one thing we’d like to inform you *ATTENTION* There is a Japanese TV program who is looking for foreign travelers, aretraveling in Japan.They would like to shoot travelers how you think about and see around Japan,starts on July 5th(this is not sure) during your stay. […]

I can ask for directions – but I can only understand “It is [not] here” or “It is [not] there”I can say eat and drink – but I don’t know the name of any foodsI can say I am American – but I don’t know how to say CanadianI can dial the hostels in Japan […]

If you want a post card from Japan, send me your address via email (or post in the comments. whatever).

I am going to learn Japanese in the next 12 days with the help of Mr. Pimsleur (hope that link works) and MyPod. Wish me luck.

I’m in Seattle! Yay! And the more I wear my shoes the less comfy they get. I’m seeing Harry Potter today too… so exciting!