Apparently some people still use LJ. Amazingly, I've been able to remember my username and password. Here's the best places to find me on the web ( Read more... )

These are clips from one of Tokyo's 3 largest festivals. The first two clips are from Friday evening, and the rest from Saturday morning before I had to leave to go to the airport at 3pm. Sunday is usually the wildest day thought, but Saturday was very crowded.

Video clips from the day I went to the Sumo tournament in Tokyo. Starting with the amature divisions in the morning, you get to see what a typical day of sumo tournament is like. There is hardly anybody there on a weekday for the early bouts so I bought the cheapest ticket (US$20) and sat front row. I just had to move back for the later 1st and 2nd ( Read more... )

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I have finally started getting some pictures up! So far I have 3 galleries up; Roppongi, Shinjuku, and Sumita River Cruise. I am organizing the photos by area instead of having hundreds of photos all grouped together. Hopefully I will get some more up tonight ( Read more... )

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I've been trying to go though all my pictures from my trip. Here are a few until I get done:


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Sorry to all of you who lost money because I actually made it home. Well, I have over 2 GB of pictures and videos to start saving to my computer.

Serisouly, almost dead. So the Englishman, Greek, Australian, and Frenchy #1 and 2 and I all went out singing Karaoke... until after 5am. Oh teh pain. tonight I have been at the best little jazz club on some backstreet of Asakusa. The band was awesome. Went to the Grand Sumo Tournament yesterday. Tomorrow is my last full day. I am so ready to be ( Read more... )

Here is a tip: no matter how adventurous you feel, avoid trying the fried cow uterus. Oh did I feel sick after that one. Today I am sticking with Freshness Burger and maybe some Subway or something else that will allow my stomach to heal from the total assault I have put on it the last few days. At least it finally stopped raining. I was able to ( Read more... )