Tokyo
At the beginning of the month (and after a month of preparation) my classmates and I flew to Tokyo for an international negotiation and arbitration competition at Sophia University. We were judged on everything--the type of souvineers we brought for the oposing team, the quality of our business cards, the song we had to perform for our fictional company, how nice we were during the competition....but not on the quality of our work it seems.
That's all I'll say about that, but at least we got to spend a little time in Toyko. Hit up the Meji Shrine for the zillionth time (have never been there when the leaves are changing before...I think I've hit every season now), did some shopping in harajuku, bought some way to cute but way to expensive shoes in the Seibu department store at Ikebukuro, and did some serious party-ing in kabukicho (Tokyo's red light district).
All in all, it was a good trip, but after all the build up and all the work there, I've been a mess for the past two weeks. Thank goodness the winter holiday starts on December 22 and I have two weeks off to sleep, eat, and write papers :(.
The apato's almost totally decorated for the holidays (I'm trying to pretend that I'm not really in Japan, but it's awfully hard when your tree is decorated with evil nutcrackers), I'll post some photos of our fun soon. Feeling a little homesick these days--threw a hissy fit when they ran out of Turkeys at COSTCO--but I supose I'll get over it. CHEERS!
Meiji Shrine...weddings, carvings, and priestly activity
THE COMPETITION (maybe we would have won if we had worn Mexican Wrestling masks to sing our corporate song....)
HARAJUKU FASHION!
That's all I'll say about that, but at least we got to spend a little time in Toyko. Hit up the Meji Shrine for the zillionth time (have never been there when the leaves are changing before...I think I've hit every season now), did some shopping in harajuku, bought some way to cute but way to expensive shoes in the Seibu department store at Ikebukuro, and did some serious party-ing in kabukicho (Tokyo's red light district).
All in all, it was a good trip, but after all the build up and all the work there, I've been a mess for the past two weeks. Thank goodness the winter holiday starts on December 22 and I have two weeks off to sleep, eat, and write papers :(.
The apato's almost totally decorated for the holidays (I'm trying to pretend that I'm not really in Japan, but it's awfully hard when your tree is decorated with evil nutcrackers), I'll post some photos of our fun soon. Feeling a little homesick these days--threw a hissy fit when they ran out of Turkeys at COSTCO--but I supose I'll get over it. CHEERS!
Meiji Shrine...weddings, carvings, and priestly activity
THE COMPETITION (maybe we would have won if we had worn Mexican Wrestling masks to sing our corporate song....)
HARAJUKU FASHION!
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