** the red licorice puzzle * on a candy high ** Episode Twelve (Aug 2 - Aug 7) ** booking my trip * me on the Shinkansen? No way! * Microsoft * I plan to meet the Japanese mafia * Kyoto's gonna be hot? Ya don't say... * I meet Spock on my run ** Episode Thirteen (Aug 8 - Aug 12) ** the drinking party * karaoke * is that an earthquake or did I drink too much last night? * my first matsuri * my second matsuri * my travel plans * OBON HERE I COME! ** The Obon Special Edition: *Nagoya, Kyoto, Nara, Osaka, & Kobe * Obon Holidays Day One (Aug 12) ** Shinkansen * getting lost * Nagoya-jo * the youth hostel * my first casualty * the roommate * the bath ** Obon Holidays Day Two (Aug 13) ** Nagoya * 10,000 steps hiking course * Atsuta Jingu & the sword I never saw * being lost * 3 hours of local trains * Kyoto! * Toji * old buildings * golden statues * booby traps ** Obon Holidays Day Three (Aug 14) ** Arashiyama * Tenryu-ji * the bridge that leads to the moon (up for the trip?) * 10,000 Torii gates * I couldn't possibly be lost * my fav place in Japan * let's jump of Kiyomizu's stage! * Gion * getting lost ** Obon Holidays Day Four (Aug 15) ** Nara * the blind priest * old hearts do get broken * can you say "Too many deer!" * Woha, hey there big Buddha * 3,000 stone lanterns by day * Nightingale Falls * chatting with the racer dudes * 3,000 stone lanterns by night * "Say, are you Canadian?" ** Obon Holidays Day Five (Aug 16) ** Chion-in = huge * beautiful gardens x 4 * can you imagine being boiled alive?!? * Philosopher's Way * Ginkakuji * "UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO!!" * "University of Waterloo?" * the Daimonji Okiburi festival * "Say, were yo u the one wearing that University of Waterloo hat before?" ** Obon Holidays Day Six (Aug 17) ** Osaka & Kobe * Serenaded in the park * Osaka-jo * Kobe and cracked buildings * Japanese polyester shirts * Chinatown * chatting with 2 American missionaires ** Obon Holidays Day Seven (Aug 18) ** Zen at its best * meeting the two hostesses * Kinkakuji * the kimono fashion show * pictures developped ** Episode Fourteen (Aug 18 - Aug 21) ** hey, am I being followed? * home, sweet home * work is work as always * signs of the end of summer ** Episode Fifteen (Aug 22 - Aug 28) ** the company party * NO MORE CAKE?!? * I win a bingo prize ** 8 hours of typing and what do I get? ** Fuji horror stories ** I dance in a festival ** Episode Sixteen (Aug 29 - Sept 4) ** dry ice * 19 at last * run run run * ice cream cake * funky bars + drinks + Mexican food + ice cream + karaoke = fun * September already?!! * the heat is back * the big coincidence ** Episode Seventeen (Sept 5 - Sept 11) ** I get up close and personal with my drain * trip to FUJI-san * above the clouds * it's 16C up here! * the BBQ that's wasn't a BBQ * ice & lava caves * THE entrance to Hell * bowling & my knee * days don't get much wor se than this * Gupta-san's mean * I cause 3 whole kaffufles ** Episode Eighteen - Part One (Sept 12 - Sept 14) ** BIG electricity problems * pizza by candlelight * Jon's arrival * the "strange" day * Meiji Jingu * oodles of fishnet and spiked hair * 6 John Travolta's * wow, CROWDS ** Episode Eighteen - Part Deux (Sept 15 - Sept 18) ** conquering Fuji-san & typhoon #19 * hypothermia, anyone? * wet, cold, wet, cold, wet, wet, wet * Kamakura, a big Buddha, & rain * I work while Jon gets to know Hino * Jon gets lost * we go to calligraphy * I work & ca tch a cold, Jon explores Shinjuku ** The Mt. Fuji Climb (Sept 15 - Sept 16) ** all you ever wanted to know (and probably more) about our trip up Mt. Fuji ** Episode Nineteen (Sept 19 - Sept 25) ** Tsukiji Fish Market * I HATE CUSTOMS * testing the new frying pan * Sumo wrestlers! * downtown Tokyo & Ginza * they don't hand out free beer in Canada, do they? * Kite Museum * Ueno park, psycho pigeons, museums, & co mplain day * Nikko & INCREDIBLE temples * fantabulous kabuki experience * tooo much tequila (is there such a thing?) * karaoke * flip-top outhouses * Jon departs ** Special Guests Jon (Sept. 13 - Sept. 25) ** Jon tells all in an exclusive journal entry ;-) ** Episode Twenty (Sept. 26 - Oct. 2) ** a not-so-happening weekend * I meet a neighbour * I start thinking about pumpkin pie * cooling down ** More ** next 10 episodes ** |