Comments on: Places I want to visit in Japan

By: Roy Berman

Roy Berman — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 06:24:04 +0000

Now there’s an idea…

By: Joe Jones

Joe Jones — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 05:59:13 +0000

Yeah, I guess with a group of 4 we’d be more in carjacking territory.

By: Roy Berman

Roy Berman — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 05:58:10 +0000

I’d be up for that trip- although I don’t think a group of 4 guys (or even 3 for that matter) are going to make it very far hitch-hiking.

By: Joe Jones

Joe Jones — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 05:04:28 +0000

Kofuku no Kagaku has some interesting buildings. There’s a newer one close to Sengakuji which I used to pass all the time when I was living there. Looks like one of those funky modern synagogues you see in the US.

I agree that a hitchhike to Aomori would be fun. If we’re feeling less ambitious, I think the 鉄道の日 passes are good for the next couple of weeks, so we could take the local train up the Japan Sea coast….

Ever seen this guide?

By: Curzon

Curzon — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 03:43:07 +0000

I say you, me and Joe hitchhike up to Aomori to see Christ’s birthplace. Even if we don’t make it, you can cross one item off your list.

By: Mulboyne

Mulboyne — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:27:28 +0000

If you are interested in Aleph and Soka Gakkai, I can recommend the Kofuku no Kagaku office in Gotanda. You should also try and visit their quite remarkable building in Shirogane:

http://blog.goo.ne.jp/tonton64/e/c3e14acd480ced52897e450346bdacda

As another blogger wrote (can’t find the link) it looks like the kind of design a manga artist might come up with if they were trying to conjure up a sense of European majesty.

By: Adamu

Adamu — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:59:17 +0000

I certainly have not forgotten!

I wanted to visit Inuyama to interview Anthony Bianchi, the English teacher turned naturalized politician (and an occasional reader of this blog, if only of the entries that are specifically about him). About two years ago he ran for mayor and lost but not before receiving a respectable number of votes.

There is an Iwo Jima memorial in the town where my mom lives so I almost feel like there’s no reason to visit the actual place.

By: Aceface

Aceface — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:31:54 +0000

You and Roy have also been to a spot where few gaijin could enter with me as the guide,I believe.

Inuyama? Why Inuyama?

And add Iwojima on the list.Great place.

By: Joe Jones

Joe Jones — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:54:23 +0000

I’m sure Tobias can arrange something if you ask nicely.

By: Roy Berman

Roy Berman — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:08:42 +0000

So, Adam, I think it should be obvious that your next goal is to somehow acquire an MP’s invitation. I believe the campaign should involve a series of bad Hollywood comedy style hijinks.