Share Your Experiences in Japan!!

I took the Shinkansen once. But it's really expensive (even if I got there in about six hours). The bus is cheaper, and I don't really mind it so much. It's a night bus anyway, so I can try to sleep most of the way there.

I've been here about two years now. I go into Tokyo maybe once every two or three months. Not so often, but more often than most

 

Holy long bus ride Batman!!!!

 

Hey, Tara, Tatami Mats, and people living in Japan!
Your town is Okay with Typhoon?
Looks like another typhoon is coming to Japan.

 

There's a typhoon coming? Still damn stinking hot out here, no news of it yet.

 

According to the news, another typhoon will hit close to your city on August 3 or 4.

 

Sweet, I hope that means some of the students will be smart enough to stay home... oh who am I kidding, they'd swim there if they had to...

 

another typhoon!...wow isn't this suppose to be #5....the last one was when i was in Kyoto, and it was coming the next day, as i was heading back to Tokyo, it was coming in, that was about 3 weeks ago.

 

Tonight was the first night of Suigosai out here in Matsue



Unfortunately we only got 15 minutes worth of fireworks tonight, and I didn't get so many great pictures, but I did post what I have on my LJ. Tomorrow is the big night though, an hour of them. Hopefully I'll be able to get some better pictures then.

 

That looks really fun! It looks like the 4th of July here in the US where families and friends gather to watch fireworks.

 

^^ I really like fireworks in Japan.
I'm looking forward to seeing more fireworks pictures from you

 

I'm off to the festival soon, so here's hoping the camera doesn't die! I'll post any good pictures here. If I get any

 

Okay, so the fireworks were absolutely amazing. We were right on the water, so I got some nice shots this time. If you're interested: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v311/nermal01/hanabi/

It was truly beautiful, the pictures do no justice at all.

 

^ nice pics
Did you take the photos on a ship or boat?

 

Nope. Sitting on the waterside We were so close the fireworks pretty much almost reached us a lot of the time

 

cool photo, must be a cool experience to be up so close to the fireworks like that.

 

Woow Tara! The fire works look soo pretty!! ^^

 

has Tara ever posted a pix of herself? just wondering...

 

I have, check the member's pictures thread. Probably somewhere towards the start there are some pics of me

 

ok, cool, will check it out laters when i get the chance..

for now, time for more japan pix, i've been lazy, but i will update my travel weblog sometime this week and add more.

here's a pix from last trip, 2 years ago, taken in the "Depachika"...i just love those places!!! ahh the good food! and some more pix i took May '05, from a few years back.

 

^ Nice pics
Your pictures always make me feel homesick.