Fri, 01 Aug 2008, "nostromo in hello-kitty land, resumee"
stuff i bought in japan. some of the items are presents. here is, what it is in detail: [01] "domo-kun", fr...

Thu, 31 Jul 2008, "nostromo in hello-kitty land, day 13"
last day for me in the land of hello kitty, shrines, temples and nekomimi-maids. i wish i would have booked ...

Wed, 30 Jul 2008, "nostromo in hello-kitty land, day 12"
today was bit frustrating. for the first time during my visit in japan i was searching for a specific shrine...

Tue, 29 Jul 2008, "nostromo in hello-kitty land, day 11"
surprise, surprise - only one shrine today! today was almost entirely dedicated to the gardens in the center...

Mon, 28 Jul 2008, "nostromo in hello-kitty land, day 10"
day 10 was, once more a rather relaxing day. first of all the daily doses of shrining! starting with "yushim...

Sun, 27 Jul 2008, "nostromo in hello-kitty land, day 09"
day 09 is a sunday, and sunday means "yoyogi park"-time! or, in other words: seeing japanese youth culture l...

Sat, 26 Jul 2008, "nostromo in hello-kitty land, day 08"
today (day 08), was the big day. today was the "sumida river festival" with a huge firework, starting from 1...

Fri, 25 Jul 2008, "nostromo in hello-kitty land, day 07"
half of my stay here is done, and still so much to see. i hope i see at least the most important things i pl...

Thu, 24 Jul 2008, "nostromo in hello-kitty land, day 06"
i found out what i had eaten the day before (see here): the sweets in the background is "karinto", the stuff...

Wed, 23 Jul 2008, "nostromo in hello-kitty land, day 05"
today, day 05, i got up late and went to McDonald's for my breakfast at about 10:30. then i headed for the "...

Tue, 22 Jul 2008, "nostromo in hello-kitty land, day 04"
on day 04 i met Kaze_, a tokyo citizen i met on IRC years ago. we planned to visit several traditional sight...

Mon, 21 Jul 2008, "nostromo in hello-kitty land, day 03"
day 03 started just like day 02, at McDonald's. choco-croissant and a hot coffee made a perfect start for my...

Sun, 20 Jul 2008, "nostromo in hello-kitty land, day 02"
yesterday was a little catastrophe. as written in my bLog i planned to go to odaiba. but no sleep for 24 hou...

Sat, 19 Jul 2008, "nostromo in hello-kitty land, day 01"
it has been a very long day for me. i left linz hoersching at 11:35 and arrived at the hotel at 05:00. this ...