Sakura season

Sakura season
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

So it has warmed up just a bit here in Japan and take a guess what is in bloom. I have posted a lot of pics today and I hope, that they do some justice to the beauty of the season and the park. I had to take a lot of pictures today because I don't know if I am going to get another chance to go to the park this week or next! Please let me know what you think of the pictures!
shizzle

Fuji and sakura

Fuji and sakura
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

Sakura up close and personal

Sakura up close and personal
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

Sakura in Bloom3

Sakura in Bloom3
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

Sakura in Bloom 2

Sakura in Bloom 2
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

Sakura in bloom

Sakura in bloom
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

Castle in the park

Castle in the park
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

Sakura 8

Sakura 8
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

Sakura 7

Sakura 7
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

Sakura 6

Sakura 6
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

Sakura 5

Sakura 5
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

Sakura 4

Sakura 4
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

Sakura 3

Sakura 3
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

Sakura 2

Sakura 2
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

Lots to tell

wow. So where to being? My trip home to Cali would be first on the list of things to talk about. It was really fun to be home. Although, I didn't eat Mexican food everyday, I did eat a lot of it! In fact, I got Mexican food about two hours after I landed in L.A. We stopped at my Grandma's house and she fixed me up a big plate of beans, rice, and tortillas! And it was GOOD!
Being home was fun and a little sad at the same time. Not sad in a bad way but, sad because it reminded me of all the things at home that are really enjoyable but that are only found at home not in Japan. It was like I was missing home before I had even left. I was able to spend time with my family and some friends (Big shout out to Rich for letting me and Hitomi kick it at his house!), I was able to get some major shopping done and relax. I have already been back 2 weeks and I still miss home. I forgot how friendly people in Cali are and it was really weird to have so many people just start talking to me for no reason at all! That sort of thing doesn't really happen here. So I felt a bit awkward at first. Oh and the size of drinks there at fast food places is WAAAAY out of hand! Dude, seriously, a medium does not need to be more than 24oz! All in all my time at home was great. The only bad thing about home was the trip back to Japan. First of all the drive to L.A. was shitty! It snowed on the Grapevine and let me just say that I was f*cking freaked out! That was some seriously scary shit! Then the flight back took like 11 hours and there was A LOT of turbulence. And the food on the flight gave me some of the worst gas that I have ever had in my 29 years on earth. Man, do they inject the food with air before they serve it to people!?! Ugh. Anyway, Hitomi and I made it back safe and sound (and with bad gas! heh heh heh). Thank you to everyone that helped Hitomi and myself with our trip back to Cali.
Now on to some more recent news, Hitomi and I will be getting our own apartment soon. We will be moving into our new place in about a month. I am very excited about it but I know that things will be very busy for us both in the next couple of weeks. We will have to buy lots of furniture and other stuff for the new place. Its a nice place and I will try and have some pictures of it in the next month or so. So once we are all settled in I will be taking requests from visitors to Japan from family and friends!
Also today was our (Hitomi and myself) 4th wedding anniversary. YAY!

Anyway, I will post more in tomorrow morning, its pretty late here (about 1am) and I am sleepy!
One last thing, comments are open to everyone (execpt one jackass) so please post! thanks!
shizzle

Very sorry everyone!

I would just like to say that I am very, very sorry for not posting in like a f#cking month. I get everyone to come to my site then I don't update the damn thing! I have posted some pictures tonight and I will have an update day after tomorrow. I will fill everyone in on how things have been going with me including my trip home. See you all in a couple of days. Again, very sorry for the lack of updates.

Local Tokyo JR line

Local Tokyo JR line
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

A local train in Tokyo. I might have posted this one before.

Shinkansen

Shinkansen
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

A bullet train passing me by at about 150mph!

The streets of Shizuoka

The streets of Shizuoka
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

One of the seedy looking alleys near my work.

The local JR line

The local JR line
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

This is the train that I take to get to work.

Bullet train tracks

Bullet train tracks
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.