tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37176222011-11-15T03:15:04.500-08:00Sushi TrainWorking in Tokyo for a year and learning about the weird and wacky culture of the Japanese.Binnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05113890444239105973noreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717622.post-827790132002-10-09T22:56:00.000-07:002002-10-10T00:45:41.000-07:00Sun 1 Sept 2002 - Today I went to meet my future flat mate. After frantically trying to find a place to live in when I first arrived in Tokyo, I realised that on my budget, I could only afford a 20square metre studio apartment. The 20 sq metre room did not bother me... it was quite an okay size for a bedroom but it was the tiny cubicle bathroom & toilet in one and the tiny stove which they Binnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05113890444239105973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717622.post-810811952002-09-03T01:15:00.000-07:002002-09-03T01:15:46.183-07:00Sat 31 August 2002 - Today was the last day of Summer so I thought I had better make it to the beach. My Japanese girlfriend and I were gonna take our very first surfing lesson. We travelled 1.5 hours on the train to Hochigoe Beach. I was amazed at the sight of the beach. The sand was black.... no kidding. The grains of sand were a mix of black and white and so the whole beach just looked Binnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05113890444239105973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717622.post-810808452002-09-03T00:59:00.000-07:002002-09-03T00:59:19.836-07:00Sat 24 Aug 2002 - The MATSURI was on at Azabu-Juban. Matsuri is a festival held in summer in various areas around tokyo. There are heaps of people ..... the girls and boys are sometimes dressed in their traditional summer clothing (the Yukata). One area had all the international foods - Thai, Spanish, Korean, Chinese, Brazilian, etc. The other area was a street full of Japanese foods and Binnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05113890444239105973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717622.post-810805662002-09-03T00:45:00.000-07:002002-09-03T00:45:58.570-07:00Friday 23 Aug 2002 - Tonite was my first all-nighter. Since trains only run until midnight and cabs cost a fortune, alot of Japanese ppl stay out all night so that they can catch the first train home at 5am. I was invited to a closing down party at a restaurant in Ebisu. They were knocking down the restaurant and building a 5 storey business block instead. There was so much food and drinks ..Binnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05113890444239105973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717622.post-810799912002-09-03T00:21:00.000-07:002002-09-03T00:21:41.403-07:00Sat 16 Aug 2002 - Together we went to Shinjuku station to meet up with some people for our trip to Mount Fuji. There were 8 of us in total but one had not arrived. We purchased our bus tickets and got on the bus. The bus had started to move but was stopped at the lights to let Harvey (an English guy) on. He awas very lucky! Bus trip was about 2.5 hours. As soon as we got off the bus, the Binnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05113890444239105973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717622.post-810781802002-09-02T23:10:00.000-07:002002-09-02T23:21:12.000-07:00Friday 15 August 2002 - Carlo arrived from Sydney today. I actually got up early so that I could move most of my luggage into the office because I had to check out of the hotel tomorrow (ie. Sat). Carlo, after walking around Roppongi for some time, eventually found the hotel. The poor guy had to carry my luggage (which was quite big) around with him on the subway,etc. Thank you very much Binnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05113890444239105973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717622.post-807689242002-08-27T02:03:00.000-07:002002-09-02T23:05:19.000-07:00During the Japanese Summer, the government has an obsession with providing spectacular fireworks. So we headed off towards Tokyo Bay to see it (Sat 10 Aug 02). All the girls and some of the boys were dressed in their "YUKATA" which is the traditional Japanese summer cotton kimono-thing with a pretty bow at the back and the wooden clogs on their feet. It was so pretty. No two girls had the Binnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05113890444239105973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717622.post-807687402002-08-27T01:53:00.000-07:002002-08-27T01:53:57.446-07:00It's been 3 weeks since I arrived in Tokyo..... geez time really flies. So I thought I had better write about all my expeditions so far.
My first Friday night out (9 Aug 2002) was definitely an interesting night. Met up with a bunch of people for the first time. Most were other foreigners working in Tokyo. Some were MBA graduates doing their internship at a Japanese firm for the summer Binnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05113890444239105973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717622.post-805046222002-08-20T20:06:00.000-07:002002-08-20T20:50:46.000-07:00Konnichiwa !
Watashi wa LeBinh desu.
okay....so that's the extent of my Japanese for now although I can count from one to ten in Jap.
I am sitting at my desk at work on the 38th floor of this amazing new glass building (which I was told was earthquake proof) and looking at the awesome view of the city. I think that we are in one of the highest buildings in Tokyo. Most are really quite low Binnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05113890444239105973noreply@blogger.com0