I've had visits from a couple people, which were both really nice. My friend Nick spent the summer in Hong Kong and then was kind enough to grace us with his presence for a week here in Tokyo on his way back to the States. The last time I saw him, he was here with Semester at Sea--his boat stopped at the port in Yokohama. I would show photos from that visit, but apparently I don't have any (Nick, if you read this, could you e-mail me a couple?) Anyways, these are a few shots from this year's trip:
- Left: The day after Nick arrived, we went to Roppongi Hills. I take a photo from pretty much this exact same spot every time I go there. (See here for another example...)
- Right: Later that night we met up with Emi, another one of our friends from university. We went to Chukagai (Chinatown) for dinner and then tried to go for a ride on the ferris wheel pictured behind us, only to find out that it's closed every Thursday in September for reasons we couldn't figure out. Nick took some very nice night shots of the ferris wheel with my camera, though.
- Left: Sunday night Nick and I went for dinner in Shinjuku with one of my students. This is a photo of the coin lockers in Shinjuku station. Only in Japan will you find something this irresistibly cute just for decoration. It looks like they're ambushing me. :)
- Right: This is Nick and Laura making the "I'm scared" face together.
