Tadaaaa!~

Here's now finally the surprise I kept talking about! Some of you might remember that during my winter vacation a few years ago my memory card was broken and I lost tons of photos especially the great ones I was able to take of Mt. Fuji out of the Shinkansen back then.
After my summer vacation while trying to restore something else I was able to restore those OLD photos!!! I couldn't believe my luck! :D
Now finally ... almost 2 years later I present you the lost photos!!! These are quite random and are mostly of my days in Tokyo and the first day in Aizu-Wakamatsu (previous photos that didn't get lost can be found here).

Probably most of you don't remember what happened during my winter vacation 2 years ago XD So ... uhm ... I'll try to keep the explanations short anyways XD



I spend a few days in and around Tokyo before the New Year.

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And that's it. I hope you are not too disappointed that the surprise was something like this?!

Alright. There are still some entries that need to be posted in the next few days.
See you again then

Hey there!

I FINALLY managed to sort and upload ALL of my vacation pics (and that includes the incomplete winter vacation photos as well). YAY!!!
So of course I'll start with the winter vacation now. Unfortunately my camera's memory card decided back then to delete all of my photos after a few days which is why I almost have NO photos of Tokyo and Aizu-Wakamatsu's first day.
The photos of Tokyo I got from my Japanese friend and ame_no_uta who I met there. Thanks again <33


Tokyo (28th of December 2008 - 2nd of January 2009)

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The 31st I spent together with my host family. I told them that I want to experienc a typical Japanese New Year's Eve and so that's what we did, with hot soba and all XD
And of COURSE I watched the Johnnys countdown live on TV. Awesome feeling ^^ (I had photos of that, too, but as you know ... *grwrskliehuorfw* -___-; ....).
On January 1st we all went together to do our "hatsumode (詣)" (first visit of a shrine) in the new year.



On January 2nd I left my host family and moved on to Aizu-Wakamatsu together with bf_nightingale where we spent 2 days.
I don't have any photos of the 1st day anymore as it was part of the evil plan of my stupid camera's memory card, so these pics have been deleted as well ;o;
What I remember clearly is that it was SUPER cold and there was a LOT OF snow x___X
The photos are by far not as breathtaking as my spring vacation photos, but I hope you enjoy them nevertheless ^-^/


Aizu-Wakamatsu Day 2 (January 3rd 2009)

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I know the photos are not sooo interesting plus I have no information about anything at all, so I guess this was kinda boring, but I still wanted to post the photos.
Next time: Sendai / Matsushima photos and then I'll FINALLY start with my spring vacation photos (^-^)v


Ciaossu (^-^)/

Hey everybody,

it's been a while, sorry. I've been quite busy, but in a good way, I guess. I'm not really stressed or anything. I just really didn't have time for anything else and in my free minutes I had to finish planning for my upcoming spring vacation. I'll go to Okayama Prefecture for 2 days and then head over to Shikoku where I'll visit Matsuyama and Kochi. After that I'll jump over to Tokushima Pref. in order to visit Naruto and the famous Naruto whirlpools (*-*)v

Anyway I came back from Tokyo last week on Sunday and ever since then have been too busy to post about my few days there. I'll do so now.
I'll warn you it's pretty photo-intense, but I guess most of you don't mind?! ;P

Here we go:

Thursday (19th of March):

After about 5hours of sitting in the train (most of the time it was the Shinkansen - and I couldn't get a window spot this time ;o; ... it was too full!!!!! Well, Fuji-san was hiding anyway *sigh*) I arrived in Tokyo about noon.
My first goal for the day was Shibuya ................................. where in the end I spent the whole day XD



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Friday (20th of March):

Actually I wanted to visit a shrine before starting my second shopping day, but it was raining like woah and it was pretty windy, too, so I went straight to Ikebukuro where I planned to stay the whole day XD
My first stop was Nekobukuro, a cat café (*-*) (I think I wrote about those in one of my last entries?! And thanks to asahifirsa for recommending it to me ^^)
If you wanna go there, too, it's really easy to find. It's in one of the top floors of Tokyu Hands in Ikebukuro. Just on your way to Sunshine City.

So, what is a cat café? Actually, I'm not really sure XDDDD You pay a small fee and can pet and take photos of cats or just be together with them as long as you want.
I guess in a huge city like Tokyo where the apartments are too small to have pets, these kind of shops/cafés are quite popular. For me it was kind of strange as I come from a pretty rural town in Germany where we have tons of cats just walking around on the street.
I'm not sure if the cats were completely happy there. Some of the seemed to be REALLY scared and weird, but it was definitely an interesting experience and because I miss having a cat it was REALLY nice ;o; *sigh*



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Saturday (21st of March): Day of the Wedding

I left really early together with the bride (my good friend) and her parents. We arrived at the hotel (which was situated right at Tokyo Bay) around 10amish.

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And that was my lunch on Friday. I like that new low calory latte from Starbucks (*_*)V



Uhum ..... I still haven't posted ANY of the photos of my winter vacation and now I'm leaving for my spring vacation. Is it just me or is this getting kind of funny? (-___-'')>
I just don't have enough time, sorry



Alright, that was a long entry. Way too long, sorry
Hope you enjoyed it nevertheless.

ByE~bUu

Oh, oh

I know it’s been a long time once again, but whatever. It can’t be helped. I’m sorry and I hope I can be around a little bit more often from now on!

I just came back from Tokyo on Monday night and had a great “haru yasumi” (spring break).
This might sound strange, but as soon as I arrived in Tokyo I had the feeling that I was finally home!
Yumi-chan’s family gave me a warm welcoming and I was soooooooooo happy to finally see them again!
The next day I met with my German friends who were traveling through the whole world. Their last stop was Tokyo and that just at the right time, so we just had to meet of course! I showed them around and we had a lot of fun. It felt so great to finally speak German once again!!

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Hanami <3

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Hahh~ how I miss Tokyo!
The next day my friends went to Hakone and I went shopping. (I already went to Hakone last September)
I had a strict “shopping plan” that looked like: Harajuku, Akihabara, Ikebukuro, Harajuku, Akihabara, Akihabara, Harajuku, Harajuku, Harajuku …
No comment ;P
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I'm still in a pretty good mood because of Tokyo, but I already miss my friends and Tokyo as well *sigh* My next job gotta be in Tokyo!

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I THINK that was all! I'm sorry that it's gotten so long, but that's what I get for not updating for so long.
For people who are interested in my life in Japan, it would be good to read it all, for other people: just enjoy the photos .. I guess! XDDDD

Hopefully read you soon again and thank you sooooooooooooooooooooo~ much for all your nice comments last time! (;____;)
They really helped me!!! <33333

Bye-bu~

Okay,

I'm kind of in a hurry, but as I don't know when I will have internet access again, I figured it might be a good idea to throw the (probably) last few photos of our Japan trip at you right NOW! (^^'')

Although they're pretty random, I hope you enjoy them nevertheless.
So here we go~


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Hope you liked all of the photos and thanks for your lovely comments all the time!


P.S.: I (hopefully XD) will write a proper "goodbye entry" later, but right now I'm still a little bit busy (^^')>

Bye-cha~

Okay,

it's official! We are ALMOST through with the photos!! Yah~ .. I guess only 1 or 2 more photo posts and that's it! (^-^'') Phew~
As I thought I can't manage to post them all before I fly, but at least I've edited and uploaded all of them by now!
Hope you look forward to the random rest XD

This time I have TONS of photos of Tokyo Tower by night and day. I really love Tokyo Tower ... and if you look at the amount of photos I took ... one might say I'm obsessed? XDDDD No, not really.
Anyway enjoy~

I has a stalker icon! XD

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Tokyo Tower is higher than the Eiffel Tower by the way :)

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Aaand~ that's it for today!
Hope you like the photos!

Bye-jaan~

Phew~ ... only a few more photos to go and we're done! Yay (^^'') ...
And only one more week and I'll be in Japan again. (o__o'')

This time it's Shinjuku and Shibuya - two very different places :D Hope you enjoy the photos~

In Shinjuku (新宿) we went to the ... I think it was the government building (Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building)?! ... can't exactly remember (^^') .... there you can go to the highest floor for free (!!!). Awesome view of Tokyo up there!

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Okay, that's it!!

Okay, already another picspam post! (^-^)>

I guess I'm kind of ... in a hurry now?! XDDDD

Anyway in my 3rd week I went to Ueno (上野)! I wanted to check out the HUGE park and also Ueno zoo! :)
Here we go~


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I have (again) NO idea what "that" is, but ... but .... this guy was really interesting! XD
I wonder what he's doing or at what he's staring?! ....

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Hope it was not too boring this time with all the animals.

Bye-cha~ (^-^)/

Okay,

so that this lj won't die because I'm neglecting it too much lately, here is another photo picspam of Japan.
This time let's go to Odaiba (お台場)

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Hero! (*____*) ... that's what Kimura-kun wore in the movie / series

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Okay, that's all for now. Sorry I'm not in the mood to write much.
Hope you enjoyed this entry nevertheless~

Eeeeerm .... actually I don´t really have time for this, but ............... my journal is half-dead lately and I just can´t stand NOT posting anything at all for a longer period of time XDDDD

Plus .. I really should post ALL of my Japan photos BEFORE I go to Japan again XDDDDD ... otherwise there will be no end to it ever! XD

Here we go~

Ikebukuro West Gate Park:

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( Bukuro at night!Collapse )




Sakuragichou:

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( Yamashita Park?!? ... wait Yama ... woah!Collapse )

I hope you enjoyed it! (^____^)/~