to-do in japan before i leave list...

1) hiroshima and miyajima
2) ice-skate on lake haruna
3) learn japanese (a grueling, constant process)
4) visit takasaki's daruma temple
5) try surfing (chiba-ken ni)
6) find the biggest, coolest rollerskate rink in japan and enjoy it to the fullest
7) visit india(!?!)
8) run the half marathon
9) one more go at all-night dancing in tokyo
10)spend new years with a japanese family
11)become a professional karaoke singer
12)ski at hakuba (the home of the 1998 winter olympics!)
15)hike around oze in the spring
16)learn how to jump rope better and impress my shogakksei

more to come...that's all i can think of at the moment.

i have about 8 more months in japan and i don't want any of my time to go to waste...so i'm writing a post on a beautiful sunday morning. ah.

there are some awfully ugly shoes here in japan, but these "take the cake". i was shameless in my many attempts to capture these beauts while waiting for a train in tokyo.