Japan, 13-24 nov. 2003

After working for a week in Shin Yokohama (during which I took a few photographs) I visited for 3 days such places as Kamata, Shinjuku, Shibuya, Harajuku, Ebisu... (and took plenty of pictures and discarded a lot...). Tokyo and its surroundings are cool places. People (and they are numerous, especially in the trains and in Shibuya) are nice and friendly, and are eager to offer valuable help to the gaijins. Few of the food I could eat, but I tasted everything I was given (anyway, I'm a picky eater everywhere). I was in a large western type hotel for the first part of my stay and moved in a Ryokan for the 4 last days. That was fun. The landlord was very nice, she couldn't understand me and I couldn't understand her but we had long conversations ;-)

The singer gets a fine near the police car

Harajuku

Hunched and sad looking computer

Shibuya

At a cafe: Karl frowning, Vivien, Alex, Hugo, Carine and Yves

Shibuya

Vivien desperate to know the rubgy score in front of Hugo's pda hogging the bandwith of a nearby cafe

Shibuya

Entrance of a restaurant with lanterns

Shibuya

Karl looking glad

Shibuya

Food (fried rice)

Shibuya

Food (potatoes and thin slices of dry fish)

Shibuya

Hugo, Carine and the hand of Alex bbqing meat

Shibuya

Hugo about to dance

Shibuya

Hugo dancing at the Dance Revolution Extreme

Shibuya

Yves fighting monsters with a plastic saber

Shibuya

Yves fighting monsters with a plastic saber

Shibuya

Guy shooting bad guys

Shibuya

Karl surfing

Shibuya

Alex watching intently at Karl's surfing (and almost asleep)

Shibuya


Koalie, 2003