Jinbe, dango and a nice afternoon

Saturday 18/7:
It was a hot summer Saturday in Japan, and finally time for me to experience a real Japanese hanabi, or firework festival. I had been really looking forward to this, since I would get to use my new yukat. I hadn’t had any luck in putting it one by my self, so today Kojiro’s [...]

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Norwegian day ^^

Sunday 17/5:
17 of May were truly a Norwegian day. First of all it is Norway’s national day, which is celebrated properly with flags, children parades, national dresses, food, ice-cream and so on. This is done all over the country, but also at the different embassies we have trough out the world. So that was what [...]

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Home Stay in Tochigi

Sunday 18/4 – Saturday 19/4:
Ok, jumping many days forward in time, since I am so incredible fare behind in my blog I have arrived at Tochigi about three hours buss ride outside of Tokyo close to Nikko. I and a bunch of other YSEP students where there to participate in a home stay event.
It all [...]

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Some more partying in Tokyo, izakaya style

Thursday 2/4 –  Friday 3/4:
Wrapping up the rest of the week with the Norwegians I went on Korean barbeque with them Thursday. We were supposed to go to an Ninja restaurant, but since it was a Ninja restaurant it was a hidden restaurant and.. yeah we didn’t find it.
After that I managed to find a [...]

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More visitors from Norway, Harajuku, Meiji Shrine and Yoyogi Park

Saturday 28/3 – Sunday 29/3:
Saturday was the start of a really busy week again, whit more visitors from Norway, this time the third grade computer science class from my school back home in Norway and friends I have there.
I met Mia, a fellow Japan fan and the same day that she and her class arrived [...]

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Koyasan, the monk (tourist) experience

Tuesday 16/3 - Thursday 18/3:
Returning from the enchanted forest it was time for the long anticipated (or dreaded in Mette and Anjas case?) vegetarian Buddhist meal. We were placed in our own eating room and then served by one of the monks. After that we where left on our own to enjoy the meal.
The big surprise of [...]

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Kaiten sushi

Wednesday 25/2:
Without sushi… That is revolving conveyer belt sushi, except that we (me and Kojiro) went there after lunchtime. Apparently not enough people eat around 3 o’clock in Japan, so they can’t fill up the conveyer belt with sushi. Instead they have plates with notes on them, and you shout out what you would like.
It [...]

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Freshness Burger

Monday 23/2:
Here is a fun side note about Monday. After the concert we where hungry, so we went to eat at a place called Freshness Burger, which I had wanted to try out a long time. Freshness Burger and Mos Burger are two Japanese fast-food burger chains with a Japanese twist on their menus. The [...]

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Ume trees and the plum blossom

Laura: Are those flowers what I think they are? Is it time for Sakura blossoms now? :D:D (See post 19 February 2009, Climbing outside for the first time)
Answer:
It is probably some kind of cherry blossom, or sakura in Japanese yes, but it is not time for the full blossoming yet. I read a little bit [...]

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The wonder of onigiris

I found this quote one the Internet, which I felt had to be in my blog.
“Most people are only peripherally aware of the world that surrounds them, especially if their surroundings are familiar…Some people feel more alive when they travel and visit unfamiliar places or foreign countries because at those times sense perception – experiencing [...]

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