February 24, 2004

La la la...

Tuesday, February 24, 2004 Posted by Mary , , No comments
Hmm... so last saturday, we watched a Noh play. For those who don't know what this is (don't worry, I didn't know what this was before either), it's one of the Japanese traditional plays, and in this kind, the actors wear masks. I don't know why they do that, maybe just for aesthetics, or maybe it can...

February 15, 2004

Okinawa

Sunday, February 15, 2004 Posted by Mary , , , No comments
So we were in Okinawa starting from Monday till Thursday this week. It was our second and last study tour from Ferris, like the one we had in Hiroshima and Okayama last year. For those souls reading this and don't know where or what Okinawa is, it's a group of islands in the south of Japan, about 1,550...

February 3, 2004

New subway line...

Tuesday, February 03, 2004 Posted by Mary , , No comments
Last Sunday, Feb. 1, a new subway line opened around my favorite area in Yokohama, which is Minato Mirai. It's called the Minato Mirai Line and it runs from Shibuya, straight to Yokohama ChinaTown, passing through Minato Mirai. Annie and I wanted to witness it on the opening day, and we also wanted...