Heyyyy – sorry for the lack of posts!  And today has to be short too – I’ve been a lot of time with friends, so I haven’t had much time to spend on the computer.  Well, just a QUICK update, then I’m off:

Day 15: Hiroshima and Nagoya

In the morning, I visited many historic Hiroshima sites: the A-Bomb Dome, an eerie reminder of the destruction from the atomic bomb, the atomic bomb memorial mound, and the Hiroshima Memorial Museum.  The history was horrifying, and honestly, I am really struggling to put it to words.  If you would like, please see some of the pictures I posted on my flickr account, and maybe I will try to post more about Hiroshima a bit later.

In the afternoon, I arrived in Nagoya and met with one of my best friends and old roommates, Craig Kovatch.  We will travel together for the next week.  We also met up with two really good friends, Naoko and Ryosuke!  They were exchange students at UW a few years back, and became really good friends!  Later, Craig and I left for Tokyo, and spent the night at Craig’s girlfriend’s apartment.

Day 16 – Tokyo

Today I went around the “Time Square” of Japan – Shibuya in Tokyo!  I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many people on the streets before.  In the evening, I went to a party with Craig and his girlfriend and their friends, and went to my first Karaoke Store (um, I think you would call it a store???).  It was fun – I sang “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You”, “Under the Sea”, “Yellow Sub”, and tons of others

Tomorrow I’m gonna go skiing at Karuizawa – a resort right by Nagano, which is where the winter Olympics were held a while back.  Unfortunately, Nagano doesn’t have very much snow, so this is the next best…

Tomorrow I will post pictures of Tokyo and my favorite place – Miyajima Water Shrine!!  See ya,

Jamie