my japan trip 2008 - day 3 parts 4 & 5, day 4 parts 1 & 2...

[merman13]

Phew! I'm about 3/4-way through with posting up all my thousands of photos taken during my first Japan trip earlier this year

Comments

[stephensim]

wow nice shot n pose.. by tour?

[merman13]

Thanks! Yup, the tour name is already written above the photos... :)

[sakura_no_kage]

you were at oodori! cooool!
i wonder how "crab juice" taste like!

and did you get to meet any ainu people? :O
(i didnt know ainu means "man"/"human")

[merman13]

Odori Park was beautiful especially when the lights came on in the evening (it's already dark barely after 5pm!)

You spotted the "カニ汁" sign right? Haha, it sure sounds weird... not sure how it tastes too... :P

And that Ainu language chart is quite interesting, but I need to refer to so many translation charts first... still very slow...

Not sure if those Ainu people we met at the village were just performers playing the characters or really descendents of the Ainu tribal folks...

[sakura_no_kage]

haha yes, カニ汁.
didnt know you're learning the ainu language :P

[merman13]

Haha to do that I gotta master the Japanese language first, which is going to take ages. I'm just comparing the words, but it does help me remember a bit here and there...

[lnb1956]

Great photos, I am going to Japan this October for 2 weeks, I am so looking forward to it.

[merman13]

Thanks! October would be the end of Autumn or start of Winter? Don't forget to take lots of photos and share! :P

[humidbeing]

very beautiful photos !

[merman13]

Thanks! Do show your latest HK photos! :P

[xiao_prince]

omg!
I love the food & scenery!

[merman13]

Yeah! Everything's so well maintained yet do not lack character, no wonder things are so expensive over there!

[xiao_prince]

time for me to save up!
hehehe