Hi To All My Friends On JPA

It's so great to be back and I had such a great time in Japan. Rather than message you all individually I thought it was easier to write a journal. I'm sure over the next couple of weeks I'll catch up with each of you.

My holiday went so fast and it seemed like we were just arriving into Kansai Airport, Osaka on the Tuesday night and before we knew it we were flying home nearly 3 weeks later.

Kansai Airport is so beautiful at night. Literally it is lit up like a Xmas Tree. It is situated on reclaimed land in Osaka Bay which is connected to the mainland by a 3km long bridge. It has the World's longest Terminal at 1.7km in length. It services around 17-18 million visitors a year.

We stayed in Osaka for three days shopping, sightseeing and of course eating ourselves silly on everything from Okonomiyaki to Sashimi.

We visited USJ (Universal Studios Japan) and the 3D Spiderman Experience was awesome!!

Kumasan had a rather big night out at a local bar on the Wednesday night, which featured a computer connected to YouTube so that you could request all your fav JPop PVs on the bigscreen LCD TV. It was fantastic!!. We were the only ones there and the Barman/Owner, Sohei was a great guy.
(I never did get the recipe to that awesome yet devastating Cocktail he made hehe )

My biggest disappointment was everywhere I went the shops/restaurants played Western music. Finding Sohei's Bar was a dream come true (and a "slight" headache the next day) hehe.

On the Friday night I was so fortunate to be able to catch up with Toesan!! We had a great time chatting about The Netherlands, Australia and a little on JPA. I genuinely say it was truly one of the highlights
of my trip to be able to catch up with someone I've made friends with on this site. Toesan is such a nice guy and knowing he along with 2 of his friends created this fantastic site we all get to enjoy was truly an honour.

The next day we traveled onto Hiroshima for 2 days to visit the Atomic Dome and Memorial. At first this was very interesting. However not long after you start feeling a little sad/down about the whole place knowing what happened there. You certainly realize it wasn't Mankind's finest hour. It also becomes a stark lesson on why anyone shouldn't use these weapons again.

After 2 days in Hiroshima we returned to Osaka for a night then traveled to Kobe the next day just for a day trip. I forgot to mention our trip down and back to Hiroshima was on the Shinkansen which was really cool.

After our day trip to Kobe we arrived in Nara late that night. I really liked Nara. The people seemed more friendly then anywhere else I'd traveled in Japan and the parts of Nara we visited were really beautiful.

After Nara we then journeyed onto Kyoto and finally Nagoya where we spent 10 days.

As always everyone was so friendly and the food is to die for/off the planet or simply sugoi oishi.

I got to visit the local country side and see the on coming change from
Autumn to Winter as all the trees were changing colour.

I hope at some stage to post some pics. I haven't even transferred them from our laptop to PC yet so don't hold your breath. The worst part of any holiday (especially the longer ones) is catching up with family, friends, house chores and work when you get back.

I really missed JpopAsia while I was away and all the friends I've made here. I'm so far behind on watching "New Videos" it will probably take me a couple of weeks to catch up.

I did get to watch Japan MTV and Space Shower a little while I was over there but not that much. So I'm a little out of touch with the current releases and Oricon Top 30.

That's it for now. As I catch up with you all I'm sure there is lots more to recount.

I'd also like to take this chance to wish those of you I don't get a chance to catch up with a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year (and especially a safe one!!) for you and all your families and friends. I can't believe only around 4 weeks till Xmas!!

Take Care All.

Kumasan

Hi everyone at JPA!!

Just writing a small Journal (my first actually) just to let you all know that I will be away on holidays in Japan from the 30th Oct until the 19th of Nov.

Therefore I won't have any time to devote to posting PVs or even visiting the site. I always try to avoid Newspapers, TV, the Internet etc whilst on holidays.

However if I get the chance to message any of my friends or post a Journal I will.

So I hope to come back to catch up on some great PVs released while I'm away. So post away guys.

I changed my Avatar to "Back Soon" so when "Kuma" returns you'll know I'm back.

Can I just say to JPA and all my friends I've made here I'll miss you all. I will also miss my now almost daily ritual of visiting this site.

So I shall talk to you all on my return. Please stay safe.

Ja ne Your Friend Kumasan.

P.S Japan here I come!!