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Location Date Europe 1492297200 Africa 1492297200 Asia 
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Location Date Tokyo 1273014000 Tsukuba
1272841200 Ishigaki 1272668400 Iriomote 1272495600 Yonehara 1272409200 Taketomi-Jima 1272322800 Naoshima Island 1272063600 Osaka 1272063600 Hiroshima 1271977200 Aso 1271890800 Kumamoto 1271631600 Kyoto 1271545200 Miyajima 1271545200 Nara 1271458800 Koyasan 1271372400 -
Location Date Mon, 03 May 2010 1272847440 Sat, 01 May 2010 1272745680 Sun, 25 April 2010 1272223200 Sun, 11 April 2010 1270951380 Sat, 10 April 2010
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It was a great pleasure for both of us to find N. waiting for us at the airport with a huge smile on her face !
After the kissing comes the first interaction with japanese people : exchange of our JR coupons. Everything went smoothly and our JR passes are now ready for use strating on Tuesday 13th.
For the record, the JR ticket office is at -1 floor when you arrive, on your right.
But for now, the main objective of the day is to fight jetlag and to stay awake as long as possible. Natha suggested that we hike Tsukuba-san, one of the 100 sacred mountains in Japan, which is close to her place.
After a quick stop at her appartment in Tsukuba, we thus climbed the "holly mountain". We first took a moment to visit a nice shrine at the bottom of the mountain. We the followed the (quite steep) trail to the top. It was a bit muddy, but the forest was beautiful. We reached the top an hour and a half later, and could admire the landscape. We ate a nice Oden, which is a popular Japanese hot pot, which includes daikon radish, hanpen (fish cakes), chikuwa (fish cakes), boiled eggs, konnyaku (yam cake), and more. These ingredients are simmered in kelp-based soup stock for hours.
The way back down the mountain was a bit slippery but no harm done!
After a relaxing shower and hot bath, we decided to continue our fight aainst jetlag by joining N. to friends of her celebrating their new japanese-style house in Tsukuba. We met there many french postdocs and their japanese colleagues. The atmosphere was really friendly there and chating with people made us forget we arrived the very morning in Japan ! We eventually went to bed at 2am, and made a good night sleep.
After the kissing comes the first interaction with japanese people : exchange of our JR coupons. Everything went smoothly and our JR passes are now ready for use strating on Tuesday 13th.
For the record, the JR ticket office is at -1 floor when you arrive, on your right.
But for now, the main objective of the day is to fight jetlag and to stay awake as long as possible. Natha suggested that we hike Tsukuba-san, one of the 100 sacred mountains in Japan, which is close to her place.
After a quick stop at her appartment in Tsukuba, we thus climbed the "holly mountain". We first took a moment to visit a nice shrine at the bottom of the mountain. We the followed the (quite steep) trail to the top. It was a bit muddy, but the forest was beautiful. We reached the top an hour and a half later, and could admire the landscape. We ate a nice Oden, which is a popular Japanese hot pot, which includes daikon radish, hanpen (fish cakes), chikuwa (fish cakes), boiled eggs, konnyaku (yam cake), and more. These ingredients are simmered in kelp-based soup stock for hours.
The way back down the mountain was a bit slippery but no harm done!
After a relaxing shower and hot bath, we decided to continue our fight aainst jetlag by joining N. to friends of her celebrating their new japanese-style house in Tsukuba. We met there many french postdocs and their japanese colleagues. The atmosphere was really friendly there and chating with people made us forget we arrived the very morning in Japan ! We eventually went to bed at 2am, and made a good night sleep.
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