Well it finally happened! After years of talking about it, we finally managed to pull of a Kanazawa reunion! Although we:ve kept in touch, and I did see Leo back in Nagoya, there was something special about meeting up again in the city where we first met. It’s been 3 and a half years [...]
My website got me into an article in the Hokkoku Shimbun.
Translation (courtesy of Yasuko Aizawa):
Hokkoku Newspaper
March 20, 2005
“Want to convey Ishikawa’s traditions and people’s warm heart”
American students made websites
Kanazawa Castle, Omicho Market, festivals…
Detailed information based on their own experience
(Photo) Eurocentres staff enjoying the websites that their former students created; Rifare, block 1, Honmachi, Kanazawa
Two American [...]
As with any journey, the return trip is the worst. The whole flight(s) I was checking my little green watch set to Japan time, imagining what I would be doing were I still in Kanazawa, and remembering what it was like to arrive at Eurocentres on that first day of class, not knowing anyone, and [...]
My last day in Japan! :’(
We woke up late in the morning again, and it was a rainy day. Since I had to go from wherever we went to the train and then to the airport, I had to carry my giant, heavy granny-suitcase everywhere I went. :-S That was not fun at all… it [...]
Our second day in Tokyo was one of the most fun days in Japan (though it’s hard to really compare them to eachother). We woke up late and decided to head out for lunch and take a long walking tour of the city (or at least the small fraction of it that you can see [...]
Six of us went to Tokyo for two nights: David, Chris, Jose, Seul, Frances, and myself. The train ride there was fantastic. It was quite long, but also comfortable, and we got to see an amazing view of the Japanese countryside: mountains, lakes, rivers, villages, cities. Moving from country into city back into country was [...]
