http://megorego.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ megan's journal en Vox Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:18:18 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://megorego.vox.com/library/post/okinawa.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(megorego) http://megorego.vox.com/library/post/okinawa.html?_c=feed-rss http://megorego.vox.com/library/post/okinawa.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:18:18 -0700 A couple days after my parents returned to the US, I went to Okinawa with a couple of friends. Okinawa is the southernmost series of islands in Japan. The islands are famous for their shiisa—pairs of guardian dog statues. We stayed one day in ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://megorego.vox.com/library/post/okinawa.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989e9c6800030100a7ef2c2a000e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> okinawa http://megorego.vox.com/library/post/kyoto-and-osaka.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(megorego) http://megorego.vox.com/library/post/kyoto-and-osaka.html?_c=feed-rss http://megorego.vox.com/library/post/kyoto-and-osaka.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:05:41 -0700 What I remember from Kyoto is that the people did indeed seem friendlier than Tokyo residents. Since it was during spring break for most of the high schools, most of the popular temples were packed. My parents and I skipped the “must-see” templ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://megorego.vox.com/library/post/kyoto-and-osaka.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989e9c6800030100a7ef2b72000e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> kyoto/osaka http://megorego.vox.com/library/post/parents-visit.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(megorego) http://megorego.vox.com/library/post/parents-visit.html?_c=feed-rss http://megorego.vox.com/library/post/parents-visit.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 23 May 2008 18:48:52 -0700 My parents’ visit was great fun. I got to show off all my favorite places and restaurants so we started off with the okonomiyaki (very thick savory pancakes with all your favorite ingredients in them, originating in Hiroshima I believe) restaura... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://megorego.vox.com/library/post/parents-visit.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989e9c68000300fa967844c50003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://megorego.vox.com/library/post/best-onsen-ever.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(megorego) http://megorego.vox.com/library/post/best-onsen-ever.html?_c=feed-rss http://megorego.vox.com/library/post/best-onsen-ever.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 04 May 2008 06:39:59 -0700 I’ve been traveling and getting visits from people so I’ve fallen woefully behind on updating the blog, so I’ll be posting a series of short entries to let everyone know what I’ve been up to since yuki matsuri. A week after the big snow festival... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://megorego.vox.com/library/post/best-onsen-ever.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989e9c68000300e398f64a870004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> onsen http://megorego.vox.com/library/post/yuki-matsuri.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(megorego) http://megorego.vox.com/library/post/yuki-matsuri.html?_c=feed-rss http://megorego.vox.com/library/post/yuki-matsuri.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 11 Feb 2008 05:15:46 -0800 I went to yuki matsuri this weekend, the snow festival in Sapporo (as in Sapporo beer, on the northernmost main island of Hokkaido). The flight up to New Chitose airport was a little unsettling, because not one person at the airport checked IDs,... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://megorego.vox.com/library/post/yuki-matsuri.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989e9c68000300f30f5aca510001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> hokkaido http://megorego.vox.com/library/post/cleaning-fish-in-odaiba.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(megorego) http://megorego.vox.com/library/post/cleaning-fish-in-odaiba.html?_c=feed-rss http://megorego.vox.com/library/post/cleaning-fish-in-odaiba.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 27 Jan 2008 01:30:12 -0800 I took another trip to Odaiba yesterday. I think the Yurikamome trains are my favorite so far in Japan—they run through a beautiful raised track along Tokyo Bay, past some amazing architecture, the huge Odaiba Ferris wheel and the Rainbow Bridge... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://megorego.vox.com/library/post/cleaning-fish-in-odaiba.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989e9c68000300e398d6a33b0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> odaiba http://megorego.vox.com/library/post/snow-a-spa-and-a-seal-doing-math.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(megorego) http://megorego.vox.com/library/post/snow-a-spa-and-a-seal-doing-math.html?_c=feed-rss http://megorego.vox.com/library/post/snow-a-spa-and-a-seal-doing-math.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 23 Jan 2008 04:47:05 -0800 It snowed today and accumulated for the first time. We didn’t get much snow before it turned to rain and washed away most of the accumulation. Today was maybe the coldest yet—I could definitely see my breath in the bathrooms and of course there... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://megorego.vox.com/library/post/snow-a-spa-and-a-seal-doing-math.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989e9c68000300e398d54cf20004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://megorego.vox.com/library/post/christmas-in-japan.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(megorego) http://megorego.vox.com/library/post/christmas-in-japan.html?_c=feed-rss http://megorego.vox.com/library/post/christmas-in-japan.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 03 Dec 2007 01:01:39 -0800 The weeks leading up to Christmas in Japan are much the same as in America. As soon as Halloween is over, the Christmas decorations go up. And I mean literally as soon as Halloween was over; I had been hoping to get some discounted Halloween de... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://megorego.vox.com/library/post/christmas-in-japan.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989e9c68000300e398c3b9420002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> odaiba http://megorego.vox.com/library/post/cold-kabuki-and-harajuku.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(megorego) http://megorego.vox.com/library/post/cold-kabuki-and-harajuku.html?_c=feed-rss http://megorego.vox.com/library/post/cold-kabuki-and-harajuku.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 27 Nov 2007 01:14:11 -0800 The colored leaves are very beautiful here, but the weather turned cold in the second half of the month. There’s no central heating in either of my two schools, nor do the bathrooms have hot water (although one school has a state-of-the-art toil... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://megorego.vox.com/library/post/cold-kabuki-and-harajuku.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989e9c68000300e398c1aee80005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> harajuki http://megorego.vox.com/library/post/two-months-and-counting.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(megorego) http://megorego.vox.com/library/post/two-months-and-counting.html?_c=feed-rss http://megorego.vox.com/library/post/two-months-and-counting.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 30 Oct 2007 04:59:28 -0700 I got the chance to attend one of the many fall festivals the weekend before last. There were interesting parades, lots of delicious food on sticks (and sweet potato ice cream!), and some pretty decorations for sale. I took pictures but I haven... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://megorego.vox.com/library/post/two-months-and-counting.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989e9c68000300e398b83c960003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p>