Monday, July 1st The first thing we did out of the station was go to another Coco curry and have lunch, after which we dropped off our bags in the airbnb, which was next to the station as well. We walked around the Shinseka area (lots of Shinshinkai jokes with Nick), which had a lot …
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Kyoto
Friday, June 20th The train ride from Odawara to Kyoto was green and peaceful, so naturally I napped. There was this cute kid with rolls of chub stomping up and down the aisles near the end; always a nice touch. We had to transfer a few times within the Kyoto train stations. Usually we use …
Hakone
Wednesday, June 26th From Odawara station, we needed to take a bus to get to Hakone. Amelia noted that the Katakana for “bus” was literally “basu”, (it’s supposed to emulate English pronunciation). The thought of that made me chuckle on and off for days. The bus ride over was really beautiful, up a gently curving …
Tokyo
Sunday, June 23 As we touched down in Japan, I was struck by how lush it was! I guess it’s one of the positives of coming during the rainy season. On the flight, one of the attendants insisted that we only needed one customs card for our group, however the customs officer didn’t accept the …
Hong Kong
The cast: Nick, Forest, and Amelia are three of my friends from Stanford who graduated with me in the same program. Many a night was wasted trying to plan this trip without getting anywhere, but we made it work! Also, Jasper (my roommate) and his cousin Matt joined us for the Hong Kong leg of …
Suds in Asia 