JAPAN JAPAN! #39

I haven't been to a lot of places in my time but I have traveled across the world. One of my dream places to visit is Tokyo Japan. I've always wanted to visit Tokyo. I have been at the airport in Tokyo Japan but can you really say that you've visited somewhere when all you did there was stop and sit for a few hours on a hard cold uncomfortable chair? So, I've always wanted to go there for at least a week or so. It's just so interesting to hear about all of the things that go on in the big city. I'm sure its hectic. Bangkok was like a crazy, busy city. I've had two different exhcange students from Japan. Yuri Takashi was from a town close to Tokyo and Mina Sato was from Osaka. I think they are the reasons why I am so fascinated with Japan and Japanese things. Mina brought tons and tons of food and candy with her when she came to live with us. All of those sweets gave me a tummy ache and maybe a cavity. It was good though. Even my own mother started to cook her food the same way Mina did with the food she had brought with her. Mina also had cute little toys and electronics with her. The stationary she had was cute too! Although, one thing I'm not a fan of is Hello Kitty. I'm sorry if you like Hello Kitty. But I for me, it's just too much. I don't quite understand the little kitten but whatever. I think the technology they have advances us and I just want to see that first hand.Of course a lot of our luxuries comes from Japan so why wouldn't I want to see it? Anywhere you go there has something unique and compelling. They make their restuarants look either extravagant or completely outrageous. There's a restaurant that has a toilet theme. It's just odd and I find it fascinating.

I'm also intrigued by the language. I love listening to it. It's so fast and poetic. Well at least to me. Even the way they write their words is interesting. A bunch of marks to make a word. another reason why I am enthralled with japanese things is anime. Yes, I admit it, I watch anime. For those of you who don't know what anime is, anime is basically japanese cartoons. I happen to like Bleach at the moment. I know, I am a total nerd. I watch the cartoons in japanse with english subtitles. I'm learning the language from watching japanese cartoons. I want to get Rosetta Stone's japanese program but haven't been able to get it. For now my hobby is watching and learning from anime.

I can't really express how much I want to go visit Tokyo Japan and see the crazy hectic city with over a 128 million people. It's been my dream to go there and hopefully someday I'll get to go.