August 02, 2005
Me and the Bro
Josh and I toured around Kyoto for a few days, met some fun people at the hostel, and made little swings back to Osaka because I can’t ever get enough of that city!
The nice guy at the hostel front desk told us to check out the Osaka Tenjin Matsuri festival, so Josh and I joined some ladies from Scotland and spent an evening roaming around, trying food, and watching fireworks and witnessing some great dancing like these boys standing on a shrine drunk out of their minds and obviously having a blast!
A band playing near Namba station in Osaka.
Josh standing outside of the Kyoto Imperial Palace (ごしょ), in the Imperial Park, with what turned out to not be an imperial umbrella.
Details of roof construction in one of small shrines near Kinkakuji.
I love the layering and the moss.
Leaving from Kyoto station.
Gabe from Virginia and Josh on the subway, we were headed back to the festival, which turned out to be cancelled by rain, so we went in search of Okonomiyaki instead.
Yum, sweat…
It moves too! This giant crab is always on the front of Kanidouraku restaurants.
You know you’re in Amerikamura when you see those crazy lampposts. Yep, a bit like China town, but instead it’s America town!
The big cities have had major problems with groping on the packed subways and trains, so now most major lines have female only cars, hence the bright pink car.
I can’t believe it, there are Denny’s here, how weird is that? Turns out there is one down the street from where I’m staying in Tokyo too! I’m tempted to step in...
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August 03, 2005
Asakusa Hanabi
I love the Japanese word for fireworks: Hanabi, which means flower fire.
Josh and I stayed at the Khoasan Hostel in Asakusa, Tokyo. Which was tucked neatly right next to the river. They had an awesome rooftop party during the fireworks display and we had a lot of fun hanging out with people from the hostel and watching the show.
The fireworks were in a set, one up river and one down river. The rooftop crowd watching the opening display.
To our left was the smaller display of fireworks and you can see Phillip Starck’s 'Golden Flame' Asahi Building, more grittily referred to by locals as "the golden poo," and little dashes of light from the helicopters that were roaming about all evening.
And then the show really began when on our right the second segment began.
The bridge below was crowded with hundreds of viewers, how nice to be up on a rooftop!
Uwww, Ahhhh!
We all want to learn to surf. Notice how pictures of me taken with my camera are never in focus, hence why shots of me are rare on this site.
Another giant insect spotting! There are no doubts about where the inspiration for Godzilla monsters came from.
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