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I was sad to be headed back to Japan; my trip to America was just a little too short. Yet lucky me, I already had a slice of home (well kinda!) waiting for me in Osaka. My friend Kelle was in Japan coming to visit me! She is a slice of one of my many homes (Japan included, I now have 5 places I consider home). Kelle and I met spring 2005 ‘studying’ in Barcelona. We use the word studying loosely, as more time was spent living the high life in Barcelona with crazy senoras, endless supply of 2 euro wine, Spanish boys, tapas, travels, getting lost on trains, absinthe, beaches, wrestling boots, mullets, and dancing till dawn. What can I say, it was one of the best semesters of my life. Kelle, Lindsey, and I dubbed ourselves the ‘3 amigos’ as we did everything together. Dos Amigos were reuniting in Japan- watch out Nippon dos amigos are coming at ya! Follow along on this blog and see how we conquered Mt Koya (location not even available on blog selection!) and the life of a buddhist monk, discovered the true beauty of Kyoto, played with some fierce monkeys atop Arashiyama, and were ballers Barcelona style in Hiroshima. Just like in Espana, never a dull moment!

Some More Unflavored Tofu to go with my Stringy/Gummy/Flavorless Root Onegaishimasu!

Casey Lary
2007-03-10 16:39:10

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I was sad to be headed back to Japan; my trip to America was just a little too short. Yet lucky me, I already had a slice of home (well kinda!) waiting for me in Osaka. My friend Kelle was in Japan coming to visit me! She is a slice of one of my many homes (Japan included, I now have 5 places I consider home). Kelle and I met spring 2005 'studying' in Barcelona. We use the word studying loosely, as more time was spent living the high life in Barcelona with crazy senoras, endless supply of 2 euro wine, Spanish boys, tapas, travels, getting lost on trains, absinthe, beaches, wrestling boots, mullets, and dancing till dawn. What can I say, it was one of the best semesters of my life. Kelle, Lindsey, and I dubbed ourselves the '3 amigos' as we did everything together. Dos Amigos were reuniting in Japan- watch out Nippon dos amigos are coming at ya! Follow along on this blog and see how we conquered Mt Koya (location not even available on blog selection!) and the life of a buddhist monk, discovered the true beauty of Kyoto, played with some fierce monkeys atop Arashiyama, and were ballers Barcelona style in Hiroshima. Just like in Espana, never a dull moment!

Now trying to meet up with Kelle was an experience in itself. Lucky me, Kelle decided to invest in a cell phone for her 2 week trip to Japan. That made life so much easier....so we thought. We were going to meet up in the Namba train station in central Osaka. Easy, right? Haha- good thing train stations are multiple levels above ground, below ground, and bustling with people from all walks of life. I positioned myself at what I thought was a very central location, next to a large Louis Vuitton store. If Kelle got lost, she could just say Louis Vuitton. Everyone in Japan knows where that it is! My master plan was not so successful. Somehow, we found each other. The next step, off to find our capsule hotel! Due to lack of street signs in Japan, was also a challenge. We ended up having ...