HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009

Kinda late, but since it's still January, I want to wish everybody a HAPPY NEW YEAR ^^

Hope this year will be much, much better than before ;)

Anyway, new year's eve in this Peter Pan Land wasn't like in my hometown or anywhere else in this world.

There was no 'hanabi' (fireworks) & no trumpets =(

But I went to Yazaka Shrine, where most of people in this Peter Pan Land go every new year to spend their new year's eve and pray, with some friends. And I think that is all about.

Spent time with friends will always made a great memory ^^

And yet, few weeks later, I went to one of my friend's place and he teached me and some others to make this Taiwanese food.

What a great time !!!!!! =)

So once again, HAPPY NEW YEAR, Everyone !!!!!!!! ^^

Kobe

The next trip in my Winter vacation is Kobe.

And as usual, me, Josefin & Han don't have any particular plan.

Just a little talk in a cafe, and kaboom, we were in Kobe the next day.

Kobe is an export-import city in this Peter Pan Land.

My teacher told us one day in our class that about 10 years ago there was a big earthquake happened in Kobe and destroyed the ports and buildings.

From several parts of this land that I've been visited, I really fall in love with this city !!!!

Just felt so friendly ^^

So we visited this Nankin Machi, a Chinatown in Kobe.

Pity that it wasn't China New Year, so we didn't have a chance to see Lion Dance.

After Chinatown, we tried to search our way to the port.

And we made it again by walking !!! ^^

Took some pictures of the destroyed port and beautiful sceneries.

We look again to the map, and there's this European Town Houses.

Kinda difficult and very tired to search this place since it was up on the hill.

But after we got there, I didn't regret that we walked almost 1,5 hours to reach there ^^

What a great trip !!!!

Nara

At winter vacation I went to Nara with my friends, Josefin from Sweden, and Han from Hong Kong.

Nara is a small, beautiful town. It's one of the oldest city in Peter Pan Land and once been the capital city.

There were not many things we could see here except for the shrine and "Shika" (deers).

Han & Josefin tried to communicate with the Shika ^^

It's me, in front of the Shrine ^^

It happened also that I went here for the second time with some friends from Peter Pan Land, Yamamoto Akiko & Maki.
This time I tried to feed the Shika.
Even there was no food left in my hand, it seemed that those Shika were trying to find something by sniffing our bags and jackets.
Surely it was terrifying me !!!!
But it was really fun though ^^

me & Maki-chan ^^

me & Akiko-chan ^^

Oww, almost forgot that we went to Nara-Machi where we could see the way how to produce Mochi Cakes ^^
Sorry for the upside-down picture, but happy watching !!!! =)