the gist of Japan

I promised I'd write about Japan. So here we are, over a week after I've gotten back. Lots of stuff has already happened, mainly my computer died as soon as I got back so I've got very limited access to.. well... my life. My camera also died as well, so a lot of these photos are my brothers. You guys are getting the short version of this, I'm on borrowed computer time...


Tokyo... you know how you've got this image in your head of what it's going to be like? how awesome it is? it's exactly like that. I am in love and already planning the next trip back there. We slept in boxes (not a capsule hotel) walking distance from Akihabara (Electric town), so we were there alot. Everywhere is crowded, but I never felt unsafe. Its all so clean and tidy, but it was almost always raining. We were just a tiny bit early for the cherry blossom season too, next time I'll go in April instead of march.

A massive garden near Hamamatsucho in Tokyo


Being a little bit of a pop culture geek we had to check out the Ghibli museum. You're not allowed to take photos inside it but this iron giant sits on the roof.


And more on the geekery, that's a tv studio in Odaiba, Tokyo, but more importantly, it was in the original series of Digimon! haha, my brother and I had a small geeky moment outside there.


Meji Jinu shrine, next to Harajuku. This place was so pretty, I'd like to come back and play there when it's not raining. The rain also meant there wasn't many people nicely dressed around Harajuku that Sunday.




One of the reasons I had wanted to go to Japan in the first place was to check out Tokyo Decadance. And all my dreams were fulfilled by this club. You know how goth clubs in movies have performers, stages, circus acts and all kinda of awesome things, that's kind of what Tokyo Decadence was like. Gothy, arty, industrial but it was white night so incredibly bright too. I went with new friend Leanne (who was dressed much more fabulous than myself) and stayed until close at 6am (oh, if only clubs at home kept going all night). I got to see Sisen and Seila perform, so I was mega happy.



Kyoto was mega pretty too!There's practically a shine or temple on every corner. And Gion is a very pretty area, that's where the geisha's hang out. I can't tell you if I saw one or not 'cause more than anywhere else, girls dressed in kimonos and yukata here just for the hell of it. As well as the tourists dressing up too.


Lol, Studio Park in Kyoto. Cute film studio where they make period dramas and samurai movies. Some of it was so tacky, but it was super fun. Try the haunted house, never have I actually been scared in a haunted house until that one.


Down in Hiroshima now. The best way to get over how insanely depressing the A-bomb museum is, is to visit Hiroshima castle! complete with holographic ninja to explain how it was built.


Miyajima island. Holy crap this place is STUNNING. Bhuddist temples all over the place, mountains shrouded in clouds, wild deer running all over the place. I'd like to point out that that photo is not a set up or taken from anywhere, that wild deer really was posing for us.

Now I only have a few days to get things ready for Brisbane Supanova. Egads! with no computer... I'm in trouble.