Day after Tomorrow

thought
31st August

Sooooooo tired

Im back to Tokyo at 5:30am after the long? journey by bus.

can't believe that I will be in Europe 2 days after...


Anyway...I need sleep

Kyoto sanpo

unbalance
30th August 2010


Last day in Western Japan.
Kyoto!
Last time I came to this city, I was about 15...?

Anyway I traveled around famous traditional places at that time but this time
I went to Kawaramachi and loved its sense of hidden place.



Hanjiro, Kyoto version





by the river...







Dinner time at interesting place
Here was almost hidden place and really few people were there, relaxing.



nice envelops and wrapping papers from nice shops



The part of stuff I got during this long travel.

Nara sanpo

fragment
29th August 2010

Nara day.
It was bloody hot... x_x
we were nearly dyeing...
Introduced by a friend lived in Nara, we enjoyed traditional, and old Japanese town and buildings.
A lots of people and also foreigners were there.







Even turtles in a pond....
hot...











!?



Heijo kyo

we could see it from a train...!
A looong queue was lined to this castle...

Kobe sanpo

Similarity
28th August 2010

9:30 in the morning, arrived at Sannomiya in Kobe.
After shower and breakfast we went out to town.









The stylish port town.
I liked itttt :))

Tokyo sanpo 3

trace
27th August 2010

Last day we went to Shimokitazawa, Daikanyama, Omotesando, Shinjuku...

We walked a lot and shopped a lot...








After a long day, we took a night bus twards Western Tokyo...

Tokyo sanpo 2

table
26th August 2010

We went to Asakusa, to see one of the most popular place for sightseeing in Tokyo.










Tokyo sky tree (constructing)
finally...I saw it! lol



This is the picture of letterpress workshop in Toppan( a big printing company) .





English alphabet is composed from 26 letters but Japanese has a thousand of letters,
including hiragana, katakana, mark, and chinese letters.
This was really precious experience.

And after this we went to Tokyo modern museum in Kiyosumi Shirakawa,
to see Hayao Miyazaki's new movie's exhibition.
This was amazing!
It is shame that I was not allowed to take pictures, but this exhibition has no meaning if you not go and experience it.
Yohei Taneda is a genius...!

http://www.ntv.co.jp/karigurashi/

Tokyo sanpo 1

faster
25th August 2010

I've been walking and shopping this last week.
My friend from Kobe came to Tokyo and we traveled around Tokyo to find nice shops
and places... referring this book :



Day 1, Tokyo, Mitaka

Ghibli Museum

fortune

dream
24th August 2010

Sagami oono

local place to go


spent most of the time in a book store lol

got lots of nice stuff, thanks!


After the big traveling week from tomorrow, I will be back to UK soon :))

common knowledge

step
23rd August 2010

Hmm...SPI2 exam...
I have no idea what the 'Tsuru kame zan' is...
Definitely needs training for math section T_T

that

girly
23rd August 2010

give me pain killerrrrr

gathering

flown
21st August 2010

Went to Machida for the last time?
Eat, walk, talk, shop, and drunk :P

I will miss you guys!
I will be back sooooon

move

dawn
20th August 2010

Hospital day

Decision through this summer

going under
19th August 2010

In the beginning (and until a few days ago), I was thinking any possible way that I can stay in the UK after graduate
(such as getting a job in Japanese company in London or getting experiences through internship for a year at least).

But I am a Japanese after all.
Even if I can live in London and get a job or have opportunities to present my works,
the place I should be back is that country I have been grown up.
And if I want to work internationally in the future, I need to make a steady foundation,
in one place first.

I also realised that I can look the thing in very different way from 2 years ago.
And of course, Japan is quite comfortable for a Japanese.


The reason why I desperately wanted to get a job in UK was;
Simply, I love UK. including any culture difference and hard experience.
I love its culture, art, music, and living.
So it was my big dream to be able to live and work in there.
Second reason was a fear to be back in Japan.
After I graduated high school, I came to England straightaway, and studied three years.
So I don't know Japanese uni life, and don't have any knowledge to be a member
of the society.
(I became 20 years old during I'm in UK, which is very important border line to be treat as an adult in Japan)

But this time I came back to my hometown, I felt I just didn't know anything.
Staying UK is not the only way to approach my dream and I can't miss the time to learn any general
rules and manners in the society.
If I miss the opportunity to get in to any Japanese society as a new graduate,
they will never teach me again. at least, it will not easy to get a job if you miss 'this' time.

So I think I will be hunting jobs next year in Japan.
This is the decision I made after I considered hearing from many people's advice and researched lots of
information through all this summer.

This was not easy decision,
but this is not the end.

Where there is a will, there is a way.

Machida

escaped sun
18th August 2010

Hot, Humid and Rain

Still shopping for the stock to use in UK
Ahh wanted to buy one piece volume 59... ;_;

got socks hair band cosmetics and the book for the dissertation instead.


By the way I finally did the sample exam of TOEIC for the first time.
About...785 score, terrible result in the grammar section lol

Okay, I will do my best to get 900 score by next year!

last

catch
17th August 2010

Last big shopping.

35℃.

The Devil wears Prada.