During my trip to
Japan, there was a three day period where we could live with a host family, but three
of my teammates and I decided that we’d find a hostel to stay at instead. We thought it would be fun to plan our own
adventure during this time. And guess
what? It was a blast!
We stayed at a nice
little hostel called Homeikan. The two
girls stayed in a building a few blocks from where Will and I stayed, and we
got lost looking for their hostel on the first day, even though we had a map. But by the last day, we were experts at
getting around the area without any assistance.
This is what our room looked like. It was nice and relaxing.
We even had complimentary tea!
Okay, the girls are around here somewhere... But on a side note, isn't this picture just beautiful?!
We finally found the building where the girls were staying after 20 minutes.
This was our map. I believe we were at the Morikawa Bekkan, and the girls were at Honkan or Daimachi Bekkan.
On one of the days off, we
went to the Meiji Shrine, which was a place that I wanted to visit for a long
time.
We're approaching the entrance!
I really wish my camera was capable of dealing with bright lighting. Either way, I still like this picture.
Visitors from around the world leave prayers or messages for others to read.
We also got to walk
across one of the world’s busiest intersections, the Shibuya Crossing, and we
took a walk through Yoyogi Park.
It rained at Yoyogi Park, and we had one umbrella. I was the only one prepared for rain, apparently.
There was a nice
little coffee shop near our hostel, so we ordered tea and coffee there one
morning. Oh yeah, and the Tokyo Dome was
near our hostel, too, so we went bowling and played Mario Kart on one of the
arcade machines.
It rained heavily on
our way back, and we didn’t have our umbrellas with us, so I had to buy a
raincoat. I think it looks pretty darn
cool, though.
I also want to mention
that I went to a Bubba Gump Shrimp restaurant during our time off, and it was
so weird but cool being served in English.
And it was nice to be able to order expensive alcoholic drinks, since I
was 20 when I went to Japan, which meant that I could only drink legally while
I was there, and that right would be revoked when I returned to the states.
This was the Homeikan team!
I was able to order alcohol, and I didn't even have to show an ID. It was nice.
The restaurant locations are on the tables.
I ordered nachos!
I had the exact change to pay for my meal.
When you put this sign up, the server stops at the table. Otherwise it says "Run Forrest Run" and they just keep moving. It's a cool concept.
As you can see, the menu was in English, too.
This was a pretty neat Starbucks.
And I don't know what this building is for, but it was near our hostel.
The only downfall
about the time off was that my camera suffered from water damage and
broke. The SD card was fine, though, and
that’s all that really matters.
Well, that’s it for
today, guys!
Until next time,
Adam
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