Monday, December 24, 2007

Last Days in Japan

Yep, Tokyo is massive!!! Sooo many people, I actually found a Brazilian restaurant and ate some home food I missed so much since I left my old home to discover the world, specifically New Zealand, three years ago... The feijoada was excellent!!! There are so many buildings, people, shops, electronics, cars.... its just crazy!!!
The subway stations are just half of the town, underground though, and millions of people go through it daily so you spend nearly half of the day trying to find your way out of it... just amazing!!!
The hot spots are Asakusa ( traditional temples and open markets ), Shinjuku and Shibuya (shop till u drop) and the Tokyo station which is an extremely must see spot itself, in my opinion!!!
I took a day off Tokyo to go to Mount Fuji or, like the Japanese say, Fujisan and Hakone, a little town surrounded by mountains with rope ways, sulfur bursting out of the volcanoish mountains and a ship trip on its lake.... it was definitely the most exciting of my adventures in Japan!!!
Mount Fuji is just soooo beautiful and big.... a lot of snow.... just a jaw dropping view!!!
And Hakone is such a beautiful place, though very cold, that I didn't want to leave.....
Back to Tokyo for the last couple of days and after that was Kyoto, a city famous for its temples which are scattered around town. I assaulted pretty much the most important of them in one day and on the other it rained so heavily I was glad I didn't leave nothing for later...
Now I am in Osaka, famous for its cheap but excellent and extremely diverse food, the speciality: Takoyaki, a little sort of cheese ball but with octopus inside and sauce (similar to the Okunomiyaki one) on top... absolutely fabulous!!! I`ve been eating so much here... I actually gained a few pounds.... Japanese culinary is great!!!
Well, I will be leaving in a couple of days to Thailand but I know I will miss this country a lot, and I do have a feeling it wont be the last time I will be here...

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