730 yen tour

Rain during summer...
Weather here in japan goes very unstable as the season approaches anew.
regrettably I wont be able to experience the autumn feeling.
It could have been a perfect time to visit gardens and temples in kamakura.

Anyway the summer heat in Japan was really hot for me.
I enjoyed my stay today more than my first trip here last june.
Maybe because of my friends here who are always on full gear "sa mga gala".

Talking about tour.
Last weekend we attempted to circle around the great tokyo.
It was a one week preparation.
We have to search the web for the optimum places that we can visit using our "all powerful JR pass"
This one-day pass is only 730 yen.
As soon as we realized that we can go in and out to any stations around tokyo area, we go gaga
cause hmmmp, like a real Filipino.. "MAKAKADUGAS kami hehehe"
So off we go...

6:00 - 7:00 am: Meeting place in front of Book Garden at Sakuragicho Sta. Konny was late. Konny is my neighbor and
"may muta pa ng ginising ko" We have to wait until 7am...
7:00-7:30 : Kamata Sta.: to make sure that we can really use "the all powerful pass". We had our breakfast at McDonalds.



7:30 - 8:00 : We visited Kaneji temple and yaayks cemetery. I dont know why I got the eeky feeling about the cemetery. Am i afraid of the dead
or am i afaid of death... or both?


8:00-9:00: We are suppose to visit the Museum of the Arts and Writers near Tabata Sta.. But just like an ordinary stupid tourist, the museum is still close and opens at 10am.
9:30- 11:00am: we are on a relax mode. We stroll around the Rikugien Botanical Garden. It was so peaceful and very "earthy". Cool air with incense smell.


I'll continue next time... as of this moment we are experiencing an earthquake.... waaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

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This news supersedes my blog for today...
my first earthquake experience sa Queen's Tower...
The shaking queen's!!!


Strong Quake Hits Northern Japan
TOKYO, August 16, 2005


(AP)

Japan sits at the juncture of four tectonic plates - moving slabs of the earth's outer crust - and is one of the world's most quake-prone regions.


(AP) A magnitude 6.8 earthquake hit northeastern Japan Tuesday, triggering tsunamis along the country's Pacific coast, collapsing buildings, knocking out power and shaking skyscrapers in Tokyo, some 186 miles away.
According to the national TV broadcaster NHK, at least 14 people were injured when the roof of an indoor pool collapsed as a result of the quake. The Kyodo News agency reports two more injuries - in the neighboring state of Iwate.
Footage also showed a collapsed house outside Tokyo and landslides in the quake zone.
The temblor knocked out power to about 17,000 households and suspended bullet train services in northern Japan and temporarily grounded flights at Tokyo's Haneda airport.
The quake hit around 11:46 a.m. and was centered 12 miles below the ocean floor, nearly 50 miles off the coast of Miyagi prefecture (state) in northeastern Japan. Two 4-inch tsunamis hit the nearby coast shortly after noon, and officials expect little damage from the waves.
The quake was followed by at least four aftershocks and, according to Japan's weather forecasting agency, additional quakes of up to magnitude 6 could follow.
Sendai, the capital of Miyagi, is about 186 miles northeast of Tokyo. A nuclear power plant in the neighboring prefecture (state) of Fukushima was not affected by the earthquake, Kyodo reported citing the plant's operator. Another plant in Onagawa in Miyagi prefecture (state) shut down automatically and was being checked for damage, news reports said.
The U.S. Geological Survey registered the quake with a 7.2 magnitude, after initially logging it at 7.
Japan sits at the juncture of four tectonic plates - moving slabs of the earth's outer crust - and is one of the world's most quake-prone regions. A magnitude-6.0 quake shook the Tokyo area on July 23, injuring more than two dozen people and suspending flights and trains for hours. A magnitude-5 quake can damage homes and other buildings if it is centered in a heavily populated area.
Earlier Tuesday, a 4.9 magnitude earthquake shook Japan's northern island of Hokkaido. There was no danger of a tsunami in that one.