Entries from 2012-08-01 to 1 month

Japan Trip 2012, Day 3 - Mount Fuji (Climb)

Well, I suppose it's time to finish writing this. If you just want to see the pictures, they're on my public album site.http://caelk.shutterfly.com/pictures/185Those of you who've read my past posts probably saw a good number of long posts…

Japan Trip 2012, Day 3 - Mount Fuji (Pre-climb)

Alright, I'm finally on the day of Mount Fuji, though this first post is getting a little long, so this first post will just be what we did getting there with some warnings about what we encountered. Honestly, I had gotten sick earlier, an…

Japan Trip 2012, Day 2 - Idolm@ster Cafe

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that all my readership is going to be interested in this part and want all my photos. I'll post some here, but for the rest you'll have to go to my online photo album.Public photo album: http://caelk.s…

Japan Trip 2012, Day 2 - Ushiku Daibutsu

By this point, I had spent two nights in Japan, and it was time to go someplace a little out of the way. Our destination today was the Ushiku Daibutsu, the third largest statue in the world, superceded by two other Buddha statues. From Uen…

Japan Trip 2012, Day 1 - Yuigahama Beach

Next day, was the beach. We'd picked out one beforehand, Yuigahama, which had opened... I think the day before we got there. We took a train to Yuigahama Station, and chose to walk the rest of the way instead of taking the local train down…

Japan Trip 2012, Day 0 - Landing and Pasera (Akihabara)

I figure I've put this off long enough, I guess I should get started writing about the trip I took to Japan a good... month ago. Yes, I'm still playing Dragon's Dogma.So, I'm only really calling this Day 0 because I just landed, hung out w…

Japan Trip 2012 - Overview

Finally went ahead and made a Google Map of places I went within Japan. I'm embedding the map here, but if you want to see my notes, you'd better hit the link for the full size version.Full size map: https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=21…

Mount Fuji - Personal Purchases

So, before I get on to blogging about the actual Japan trip, I thought I'd share some photos of the stuff I bought specifically for the trip up the mountain.Aviator hat, by Ultrafino Panama Hat. You can't see it here, but my cookie jar is …