Yo Yo Yokohama Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps May 29, 2010 5/29/10 The slideshows have been kind of a pain and the quality of the pictures in them is not great, so I'm just going to put a link in the posts when I have larger quantities of photos to share! *Update* apparently my last attempt at photos didn't work, I think I finally figured out a better way...enjoy! Other housekeeping news...we've moved up in society...we own rather than rent. That's right folks we bought the domain name. Take that blogger. I really stuck it to the man! On to Yo Yo Yokohama... Yokohama is the 2nd biggest city in Japan (I could be making that up, although I think it's accurate), and home to the tallest building in Japan (Landmark Tower). It is also only about 26 minutes via train from where I am in Japan (it's probably midpoint from me (Yokosuka) and Tokyo. There are your fun facts for the day. Here is the down and dirty. We saw a man wearing a woman's raincoat (teal with white polka dots) walking (towards us) rubbing both of his nipples simultaneously. There is a restaurant called Blue Ball. There is also a place called Dog Cafe (we didn't find this one) and I'm not sure if it's a pet friendly restaurant or one where they serve up pets. Bathroom stop #1 I was lucky enough to get a "Western" toilet...you know, the kind with a seat (not a urinal in the floor). Although I wasn't as lucky as Adina who had the heat function in her seat. Bathroom stop #2 I was not so lucky. Apparently I got the only "traditional" toilet in the joint. Lucky me. It did give me some time to brainstorm some great ideas, you know, while I was trying to figure out how I was going to pee in the floor urinal without peeing on my jeans and shoes. I digress. My great ideas. So, I think that a great item should be invented for women (perhaps just western women who knows) is a device/padding item very similar to that of what baseball catchers sometimes wear behind their knees to provide the extra support while they are squatting. These Benjo accessories should be much more feminine and bedazzled though, oh and they must have places to hang little dangly charm items from, because well, we're in Japan, and they love the dangly charms! Ok, enough potty talk for one post! Despite the dismal weather (I know, you're shocked!), Yokohama was beautiful! It has a neat skyline (we have seen it several times at night driving back from various outings) and more of that big city feel than Yokosuka. I'm sad to say I did not acquire any new Kit Kats while on this adventure. They did have the wasabi ones and the strawberry cheesecake ones...amateurs...I've had those for weeks! Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps Comments AESMay 31, 2010 at 7:03 AMPhotos?ReplyDeleteRepliesReplyLauraMay 31, 2010 at 3:52 PMI fixed the problem! The photos are now on there in a slideshow :)ReplyDeleteRepliesReplyAdd commentLoad more... Post a Comment
My daith piercing experience (pain, after care, recommendations) April 17, 2016 4/17/16 So a few days ago I got my daith pierced (4/13 actually). I had done a bit of research on it. Honestly just trying to figure out if this was going to be a breeze or the mother bitch of all piercings. I have several piercings but since my mom reads my blog I won't to into all those details here (you're welcome mom!). From what I read it sounded like it would be a breeze, similar to nose, which honestly I didn't feel until they put the jewelry in. Lies. Complete bullshit in fact. I will say that with a caveat, I think it completely depends on your anatomy, which in turn impacts how slowly or quickly the piercer can ram that piercing rod through there. I was a lucky little winner of the bad anatomy game apparently because as soon as I sat down and he started drawing he said "I'm going to have to go slow and you can't move" to which my response was "sweet Jesus please go as fast as possible". He did not. But I also understand that he need... Read more
Hiking Hawaii (on acompressed schedule); Makapu'u Lighthouse, Manoa Falls, Waimea Falls, Dole Plantation June 23, 2019 6/22/19 With only one weekend for fun stuff and exploring while in Hawaii on a business trip, I knew that I had to make the most of my very limited time. There was no doubt that hiking would be a major part of those plans! I had intended on waking up around 4:30 am and heading to Koko Crater to kick the day off, but a week full of battling jet lag finally caught me and sleep won in the end. Hike 1: Makapu'u Lighthouse Trail Starting a little later than planned (6:30am) I headed off to a my first destination, Makapu'u Lighthouse Trail. The drive from Waikiki to the light house was beautiful, along the coast, with several scenic stop offs that I took full advantage of, putting me even further behind schedule but with some added in Hawaii experiences too! This park opens at 7am (something I hadn't previously known) Makapu'u Trail is completely paved the entire way up. I wore my hiking shoes but would have been very happy doing it in my Chacos. It's a pretty steep inc... Read more
Hiking Diamond Head (the day of a flight out of Hawaii!) March 23, 2019 3/22/19 I'm hoping that this post helps people wanting info about the Diamond Head hike because when I was looking for info online (including climb time) I found very little that provided the information that I needed. I was in Hawaii on a time crunch, there for 2 days for a training for work then flying out. I wanted to get in some of the beauty before leaving the island. When considering Koko Head and Diamond Head, Diamond Head won because of the close proximity to where I was staying (Waikiki) and the time crunch of needing to catch a flight that day. I took a Lyft to Diamond Head, they stop you at the tunnel until the park opens. Some people park there (very limited spots) and tour buses drop people off there as well. There is a park ranger who lines people up to try to make sure it's a smooth process and flow getting people into the ticket booth. From the tunnel you go down a small hill and around the corner and the ticket booth will be in front of you (it's a... Read more
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