Super Ichiban Travel Blog Part XVIII: Homeward Bound [II]

[caption id="" align=“aligncenter” width=“500” caption=“A blurry shot of the terminal from Japan on the day I left.”] [/caption] Wow, what an early morning it was. Up at 0430 to finalize my packing and get ready to leave, we made our way to the train station around 0515 to catch a train back to Tokyo leaving at 0600. It’s brutal getting up that early and we even had to wait a while for the station to open at 0530. Along the way I spotted some great Engrish that makes sense when you initially read it, but when taken literally seems like an ominous warning by a secret, evil lobby. ...

November 3, 2009 · 3 min · el33tcapitan

Super Ichiban Travel Blog Part XVII: In Which Our Hero Casually Greets Professional Players [II]

[caption id="" align=“aligncenter” width=“500” caption=“That’s the second largest autographed baseball I’ve ever seen!”] [/caption] The last full day of the trip! Even though I was ready to go home, it still felt like I had unresolved business out in Japan. I wanted to go home and be back in my apartment and not traveling, but I also wanted to stay and watch more Japanese baseball and chow down on more curry. ...

October 29, 2009 · 8 min · el33tcapitan