Japan Trip 2005!
Week 1, May 27-June 2, 2005

Day 1 - Friday, May 27, 2005 (Nagoya)


Here's me on the flight to Nagoya.
 

Me and Rendi on the Meitetsu train.
 

A Japanese children crossing sign.

A Japanese crosswalk sign.

Day 2 - Saturday, May 28, 2005 (Nagoya)


Nagoya Saturday traffic.
 

Me and Masa in the car.
 

Me at the Osu Kannon Temple in Nagoya.
 

My first lunch in Japan.  Some kind of okonomiyaki.
 

The shopping area outside the Osu Kannon Temple.
 

The Parco building in downtown Sakae, Nagoya.
 

I won this Doraemon mini-table at UFO Catcher.
 

The Nagoya TV Tower.
 

Looking into downtown Nagoya.
 

The Nagoya skyline.
 

From the Nagoya TV tower.
 

Me and my host brother Hiroki.
 

Me and my host brother's friend Eisuke.
 

Day 3 - Sunday, May 29, 2005 (Nagoya)


Hirabari Station on the Tsurumai Line.
 

I got to try on the costume at Nagoya Castle.
 

Me and my host mother at Nagoya Castle.

Me and my host father at Nagoya Castle.

Day 4 - Monday, May 30, 2005 (Nagoya)


Helene, Shelby, and me at Trident University.
 

Me and the other Hawaii students at our favorite Nagoya bar.
 

Me and Hiroki playing Winning Eleven in my room.
 

Day 5 - Tuesday, May 31, 2005 (Nagoya)


The JR Nagoya Twin Towers.
 

A view of Sakura-dori from the Twin Towers.
 

A shot of the city from the towers.
 

A self-portrait from one of the Nagoya Twin Towers.
 

Another city shot.
 

Me and Will at Chikusa Station.
 

Me and Shelby on the train home.
 

Me and Airi on our double date.
 

Hiroki and his girlfriend Sayaka.

Airi, me, and Sayaka doing the "Sanpe desu".

Day 6 - Wednesday, June 1, 2005 (Nagoya)


Me and Yuka at her house in Tsushima, Aichi.

Alia, Yuka, and me outside Chikusa station.

Day 7 - Thursday, June 2, 2005 (Nagoya)


Me and my host parents' students at Nagoya University.
 

Chikano, me, and Momoko at the Yagaya izakaya bar.
 

The Hawaii students' favorite izakaya bar in Nagoya.

Nao, Wataru, Eisuke, and me at Salzeriya after karaoke.