Pictures Part II: Hirosaki
Posted in Hirosaki, Pictures on 09/01/2009 09:56 am by Jean Of mArcIf you have not yet done so, please click here to check out pictures of me in Tokyo first!
The previous post included pictures of me in Tokyo, but I was only there for a few short days, and most of my time was spent indoors for the orientation.
Now let me introduce you to my new home: Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan!
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| This is what the road looks like right outside my apartment. |
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| As you can see, if I need an emergency drink, I don’t have far to go. |
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| This is what a sidewalk looks like. |
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| This is a road. A what? A road! |
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| This is a road, but with a twist: there’s a river next to it! |
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| The view from the Train Station, which is right next to my apartment. |
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| This is where I bought my bicycle! Yes, it really is called “Off House”… I don’t know why. |
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| This is me, happy on my new, $57 bike! |
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| The first Friday night, there was a party with the English teachers to say farewell to Michelle, and hello to someone else… oh wait, that’s me! My supervisor is the one right above me. |
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| A really cool alley way we went down together at night after the party, and somehow ended up in a Karaoke bar. |
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| And then we saw a giant snake eating a turtle!!! |
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| It seems like grapes grow in the wild out here! At least… they look like grapes… |
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| The first Rice Field I ever saw! And then from above, it looks like this: |
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| Yes, that’s a rice field, and no, they didn’t plan that. Crazy, eh? |
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| One of the borders of the famous Hirosaki Park. |
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| I wanted to take a simple picture of the castle, but SOMEBODY got in the way… |
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| One of the many shrines… |
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| I guess you can fish in Hirosaki too! |
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| And of course, because it’s Japan, there are random robots running around… |