My post – Yasaka Shrine; Kyoto, Japan (November 2008) – was featured in the “Freshly Pressed” section of WordPress today, August 18. I’m so amazied, excited and happy about it. Honestly, I’m in awe. It doesn’t seem real. Thank you so much to everyone who’s looked at or commented my blog…it really means so much to me. It [...]
Archive for August, 2009
Thank you!
Posted in Other, tagged feature, freshly pressed, journal, thank you on August 19, 2009 | 3 Comments »
My first day in Kyoto…November 30,2008
Posted in digital, Japan, Photography, tagged digital, gion, Japan, kenninji, kyoto, nature, Photography, temple, zen on August 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I took the night bus from Tokyo to Kyoto, and got to Kyoto Station around 5 am!! That’s super early, and about 1.5 hrs before we were scheduled to get there. NOTHING was open, it was terrible…so I got a locker for my stuff and went to McDonald’s. They actually opened an hour early, because [...]
Yasaka Shrine; Kyoto, Japan (November 2008)
Posted in digital, Japan, Photography, tagged autumn, digital, Japan, kyoto, lake, nature, park, Photography, shrine, temple, trees, yasaka on August 18, 2009 | 16 Comments »
I wandered arond the streets of Gion for a while, and eventually ended up at Yasaka shrine. I spent an hour or two walking around and taking pictures, I think I explored every possible part of the shrine that I could! I also went to a temple that was very close to Yasaka, I’m [...]
one thousand
Posted in Other, tagged blog, journal, life, update on August 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’m at one thousand views for my blog! I’m so excited about it, and it’s kind of amazing. I never really though anyone would look at this…so it makes me feel wonderful. Thank you to everyone!! I’m working on some new posts about Kyoto, they should be done soon. Our foreign exchange students arrive in EIGHT days!! [...]
Tokyo; November 28 & 29, 2008
Posted in digital, Japan, Photography, tagged asakusa, digital, flowers, graffiti, Japan, Photography, sensoji, shrine, tokyo on August 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I went to Tokyo for 2 days in November. It was just a stop on the way to Kyoto, I only stayed for one night. I stayed at Sakura Hostel in Asakusa, and spent a lot of time wandering around Asakusa. I went to Tokyo Tower to see my friend, and we walked around Ikebukuro [...]
November 2008
Posted in digital, Japan, Photography, tagged christmas, costumes, cotton candy, decorations, digital, display, holiday, janken poi, Japan, lights, party, pharmacy, Photography, rock paper scissors on August 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The pharmacy/hospital that my host brother works at had a fair/festival in November. I helped out, and made/gave away cotton candy! It was so much fun. Every year, companies have a “company party” at the end of the year, in November or December, for all the employees. My host family works at 3 different pharmacies; [...]
Tamura High School 文化祭 (School Festival)
Posted in digital, Japan, Photography, tagged art, bunkasai, calligraphy, dance, digital, festival, friends, games, Japan, Music, Photography, school, students, tamura high school on August 10, 2009 | 13 Comments »
My school’s festival was on November 20, 2008. Every year, schools in Japan have a school festival; every three or four years, it’s a huge festival that lasts all weekend! My school’s big festival is this year, 2009…and I really wish I could be there!! It was such an awesome day, I got to walk [...]
Tamura High School, Part Two
Posted in digital, Japan, Photography, tagged club, digital, flower arrangement club, flowers, Japan, Miharu, Photography, school, tamura high school on August 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In and around Tamura High School… I don’t know if I ever mentioned this before….but I was in the Flower Arrangement club. We met every (or every other) Tuesday and Wednesday. For our school festival, we had a flower arrangement display in the cafeteria. And I got to be part of it! These are pictures [...]
Tamura High School; Part One
Posted in digital, Japan, Photography, tagged digital, high school, Japan, Miharu, nature, Photography, tamura high school, walk on August 9, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Tamura High School was my high school in Japan. It’s in Miharu, Japan and is the only high school in that town. There are about 900 students. Tamura is a sports school; some of the students are the best in Japan for the sports they participate in! Lots of students were in baseball, track and [...]
Okinawa, the last day. November 13, 2008
Posted in digital, Japan, Photography, tagged airplane, airport, beach, bus, digital, friends, fukushima, ishigaki, Japan, lighthouse, naha, nature, ocean, okinawa, Photography on August 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We had breakfast at our hotel, had time to hang out on the beach and get packed, and then got on the bus and drove to a lighthouse (or something like that). After that, we went to Ishigaki Airport and had lunch…one of our travel guides took me to a small convenience store so I [...]
