nihongo wa dekimasen ; ______ ;

(I can't speak Japanese ::sadness::)

I took a semester of Speaking Freely Japanese, but I don't think I remember anything from that class... I've probably learned more Japanese from watching the two Deathnotes. Apparently the word 'baka!' ranges in meaning from 'oh silly' if you're an ambitious female journalist, and 'fuck all!' if you're a detective. Go figure. Either way, I'm leaving for Japan this Sunday, and I'm coming back the 23rd of May. This gives me 9 or so days to do everything in my 'Best of Tokyo: The Ultimate Pocket Guide & Map.'

(Tangent: If you're ever looking for travel guides, you should definitely check out Lonely Planet's. They're really well written and full of illustrations. woot woot. They also have a pretty comprehensive website=> www.lonelyplanet.com)

My parents have a house in Denchofu, so I'm going to be staying there. It doesn't have internet though, so I'm going to have to do this blog in a cafe in Tokyo... or something. Whatever, I'll figure something out. Good news is, while my parents are meddling in real estate business, I'll hopefully be free to roam around the city.

If anything though, I'm going to try to check out Japan's independent music scene. From what I've read so far, Shibuya is a pretty sweet place to go to see random bands performing on the street to gain exposure. Also in Shibuya is a massive record store called Disk Union that has a huge collection of indie music in its basement labeled, appropriately enough, 'Japanese Underground.' Should be fun~


If you're interested in checking out Japanese music, www.japanfiles.com is a good site to go to. They sell all sorts of Japanese music from every genre, and even have compilation albums, which are neat. You can sample all the tracks too, which is double neat.


Future posts will have more pictures VIA MY CANON SD1000K DIGITAL ELPH.

By far, the best fucking camera ever.... for its size... and its price. Either way, I highly recommend it if you're looking for a solid point-and-shoot digital camera. Any Canon camera is uber, really. It can also record videos, so expect some of those if I come across any bands performing on the street.

Alrighty, I just bought the new Deathnote, so I'm gonna go read that. Catch you guys later~



apples.