A year ago tonight I was in Japan *nostalglc sigh*...so I read through my diary entries and came up with a list of seven notes I forgot to mention from our adventures. Some of these are on the, er, gritty side, so be forewarned...
( Things they don't usually tell you about Japan. )

( arts and skills and a last day's shopping )

( Welcome to Otaku Paradise! )

( checkpoint, fire goddess )

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( golden temples and coffee in cans )

( puppets and treasures )

( I'm going west with a cup of coffee )

( Enjoy your visit to Blood Pool Hell, please come again! )

--just a quick one so evb can get her pix up. We visited the famous Hakata china doll store, had a not-so-successful fling at painting dolls ourselves, then got some shopping done (there's a Mandarake store in Fukuoka! we had no idea!!) and stumbled into the single most amazing department store I've ever seen, Vivre in Hakata Core, which has ONE ( Read more... )