Skiing in Japan..

When first snow felt down it was already obvious that I will go to ski somehow and somewhere in  Japan. Although here was just a little bit of white powder in Tokyo, it turned out that just 200 km from here there is a real winter, stronger even than that in Europe.

     View from my balcony. First snow in Tokyo..

  

     On my way to Ski resort.

  

     On my way to Ski resort.

  

     The weather was so bad and road conditions were so sever that we were forced to upgrade the car with chains.

  

  

     Me and blizzard. Almost no visibility.

  

     GPS was more useful than front windshield. 

Birthday party in F-bar Tokyo !!!

Around three weeks before that event I thought about organizing a nice birthday party in some awesome place. The only one that came to my mind was f-bar Tokyo. Around 50 people invited, open bar for everybody, free karaoke room, strawberry birthday cake with cream and nice VIP sofas..! That was a fabulous night.

  

     F-bar Tokyo..

     With guests: Chicka, Geetika and Tsubasa.

     My birthday cake :)

  

     Trying to blow out..

  

    My birthday cake :)

  

     With the most funny and cute bodyguard..

  

     Shibuya - that day before party..

  

     Shibuya crossing - the most crowded one in the world.

Weekend in Osaka, Nara, Kobe..

This is my trip to Osaka, Nara and Kobe. Why so far from Tokyo just for two days? Because of Yamayaki! Yamayaki is a traditional festival in Nara. It is the annual event full of fireworks (fireworks are not common in Japan during winter season) where a whole maintain is burned afterwords. Thus, the main point of that trip was Saturday evening in Nara. Anyway, all of those cities are really beautiful and worth to be visited. It was a really busy time in the West part of Japan. I took a night bus on Friday after work and returned directly to work on Monday..

     Tokyo - Shinjuku in the evening - still full of Illuminations.

  

     Tokyo - Shinjuku in the evening - still full of Illuminations

  

    Osaka in the morning.

  

     Real city dweller of Osaka town ;)

  

  

     Osaka castle.

  

     Skyscrapers in Osaka.

  

     ;)

  

     Osaka.

  

    Osaka  castle.

  

    Statue of Freedom in Osaka.

  

     Yamayaki festival in Nara. Burning mountain!

  

    Nara. This city is really famous because of its park where you can meet a lot of wild deers hanging around people.

  

    Me and deer family.

  

     :)

  

     The most spontaneous decision - renting a car just for 5 remaining hours in Osaka region. We went from Osaka directly to hot-springs in Kobe. 

  

     On my way.

  

     Japanese technology..

  

     Osaka.

  

     Osaka.

 

     Way to Kobe.

Machida and Tokyo..

Next free weekend in Japan. Friday evening we met in Machida to eat dinner together (Vulcanus students). Then was bowling and funny pictures in a special Japanese machine..

     Japanese food - prepared by us..

 

     Japanese food..

  

     Closer..

  

     Bowling..

 

The following day I spent in Tokyo looking for nice clothes and hanging around downtown. There are plenty of marvelous spots to be visited. You can't do it just in one day. Every time you are there you can discover something new. Anyway clothes were too small for me..

     It is a nice feeling to find some Polish elements in Japan.

  

     Harajuku - one of the most famous streets/districts in Tokyo. Famous because of people dressed really strange.

  

     Harajuku

  

     Legible manual on  how to use toilet - first time I have seen something like that. I thought it is quite obvious how to do it. Not here!

  

     Tokyo from Government's tower.

  

     Tokyo from Government's tower.

  

     Tokyo from Government's tower.

  

     Restaurant at the top of Tokyo..