The core Gifu Gang gathered at my apartment last night for some delicious hotpot.
http://www.vimeo.com/2670753Rayman3 on the Wii (censored). The peeing footage (part of the game) will be released underground on some torrent sites.
http://www.vimeo.com/2670611
It took me almost five months to finish sorting out all the photos and videos from the Hokkaido trip, not to mention video editing is a time-sucking dark hole itself. Let’s get this done and not carry any overdue tasks to 2009.
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Steve, Alex, Jon and I formed a band. Check out our music videos.
http://www.vimeo.com/2674136 http://www.vimeo.com/2674232 http://www.vimeo.com/2674281After endless hours on the train, I arrived Hokkaido Sapporo finally at 6 a.m. I have been to Sapporo before, so I didn’t need to rush my way doing sightseeing. I went to Shikotsuko Lake in the morning, had a ramen of my life at Keyaki, then went to Kani Shogun for dinner with a girl I met at the youth hostel. I wish I am a teacher just like her, and spend months traveling when school is out in the summer.
As usual, the photos and videos are up on flickr.
Day 7: Karuizawa
Day 8: Harajuku
The most interesting part might be the experience of taking a night train from Honshu to Hokkaido.
The cheap seat-only carts (like this one) were filled by mostly tourists, whereas the couchettes (bed carts) were occupied by locals. I had no problem sleeping on the reclined seat, but it got uncomfortably cold at night and I had to wrap myself in pants (didn’t bring a jacket).
How to go to Hokkaido with a JR Pass:
17:56 – 21:00 Tokyo => Hachinohe
21:17 – 22:18 Hachinohe => Aomori
22:45 – 06:07 Aomori => Sapporo
It’s not exactly fun, but that’s the cheapest way to do it since it’s fully covered by the JR Pass. Plus I got to save money on a night of accommodation. Now that I have done it once, I might do it again.
Arriving Sapporo at 6 a.m. was harsh, but I will save that for the next post.
I was pretty disorganized during my trip and did not upload all the photos and videos. The complete albums for Day 1 and Day 2 are up now. For those who have been following my Flickr, there are not a lot of new photos but I added many videos.
Japan 08 Day 2: Ueno Seafood Don, Ikebukuro Ramen, Mos Burger
I made an effort to take lots of videos during this trip, since most of you have seen too many of my repetitive Tokyo photos in the past. Editing videos takes time, but it is a good way to fight jetlags.
As you can tell from the resumed 366 uploads, I am back from my Hokkaido trip with gajillion gigabytes of photos, videos and fat. Continue Reading…
