Wednesday 27 December 2006

Univeristy of Tokyo

Thought you might like to see where I go most days...
A picture of the outside of number 1 (because it's the best) building on Hongo Campus, University of Tokyo... I'm currently getting my business card made up which will have it's address on it...which is very nice, but have no idea how much it will cost...oh well... My Prof (or sensei) says that it's the safest place to be on campus...founded on rock and with the thickest roof...which would explain why we have rats living with us in the basement...I've not seen them myself but they have said hello to the swedish exchange student. Yes, rather appropriately the geotechnical lab is in the basement. it's always dark...and we can be at one with the mud. mmmmm.....nice.

And this is the old ginko tree that is just outside the building, in it's full autumn glory...golden. this was last week some time...and now it's completely bare...

Christmas Party 25th Dec 2006 Odaiba 11th floor

Yukiko of the 11th floor was hosting a party on Christmas day...she's the once wearing the tiara.
The party was meant to be fancy dress...


Pikacho also made an appearance...

look it's pikacho again!

most people came to the party as foreigners...






Sunday 3 December 2006

Climbing...Yugawara

I woke up at 6:30am...this is not so good as I was meant to have left my room by 6am to get to Shinagawa station to meet everyone on the train...but anyway after calling up some people, rushing out of the house in a panic grabbing some food for lunch and brekkie...I eventually got on a train to Yugawara.


Luckily for me...and not so lucky for anyone else...the train everyone else was on was delayed due to an accident (probably someone committing suicide...apparently the Japanese rail system is soo effecient, and used to suicides, that they can clear a body from the tracks and have the system up and running back to the normal schedule in 2hours... *great*) so I managed to catch up with them...and did some more nice outdoor climbing...mmmmm...



A few photos of the autumn leaves...





Saturday 2 December 2006

Study Tour cont... 1st Dec 2006

IMPERIAL PALACE

Apparently the Imperial Palace is Closed to the public on Mondays and Fridays...so we couldn't go in...but we stood outside instead..




me and YiPing...in front of the bridge...

Lab members doing the 'Imperial Wave'...



View to the Imperial Gardens






TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE

The Tokyo Stock Exchange

me trying (and failing) to look serious infront of where they floated a company today...


The Shinto Fertility Shrine.






TOKYO SEALIFE PARK

Penguins!!! at the Tokyo Sealife Park...




Friday 1 December 2006

study tour of Tokyo!!!


ahhh....today I bunked off my one and only Japanese lecture this morning and went on a free study tour organised by the university...it was great we got to go into the Edo museam and the aquarium for free! hurrah...heres a horrendously large photo of all the people who went...