{"id":1571,"date":"2011-06-19T22:38:36","date_gmt":"2011-06-19T13:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/triplefstudio.com\/yokoso\/2011\/06\/19\/"},"modified":"2011-06-20T21:25:52","modified_gmt":"2011-06-20T12:25:52","slug":"himeji-and-the-davids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.triplefstudio.com\/yokoso\/2011\/06\/19\/himeji-and-the-davids\/","title":{"rendered":"Himeji and The Davids"},"content":{"rendered":"

For a normal weekend, a Saturday trip to Kanazawa would have been the single plan for the weekend. But not the weekend of the 1st and 2nd of June. Nope, I also planned a trip to Himeji<\/a> the same weekend.<\/p>\n

It turned out that David and David were in Japan again, this time hanging out a little South and West of Tokyo. I had a really good time last time we got together<\/a> so I wanted to make sure we were able to meet again.<\/p>\n

Once again, I had to be at Nagoya Station before 8:00 am. This time the mode of transportation was by train. I had to switch trains in Osaka, and apparently I hopped on the party train. The man next to me was eating a McDonalds hamburger at 8:53 am. Just the smell made my stomach hurt. The four \u00e3\u0081\u0160\u00e3\u0081\u00b0\u00e3\u0081\u201a\u00e3\u0081\u00a1\u00e3\u201a\u0192\u00e3\u201a\u201c (middle aged women) in front of me though had a much more direct method of enjoying the train ride. They each popped open a beer and did a kanpai! (cheers!) before we got started. Party on ladies!<\/p>\n

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We knew before we got to Himeji<\/a> that it would be under renovation so the few would be obscured by structure. It did not disappoint, it really was obscured. I had been to Himeji before, so my main purpose was just to hang out with Dave and David. Conveniently we crossed paths (literally) in Shin-Osaka station, although our seats were in different reserved sections.<\/p>\n

We had an excellent tour guide who provides free English guided tours. It was probably good with the current conditions of the castle to have the guided tour. Unfortunately, the discussion I remember the most was here absolute enthusiasm when I mentioned \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon<\/a>.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d It turns out she is a HUGE Chow Yun Fat<\/a> fan.<\/p>\n

I was able to get some pictures, but not as many as the last time The Davids and I got together. Still, it was nice catching up with them and I look forward to seeing them in San Francisco one of these days.<\/p>\n

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I left Himeji around 3:00 pm. I was pretty tired. It had been a rather long weekend and in just 4 days I was heading to Hong Kong.<\/p>\n

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And don’t forget – no scribbles.<\/p>\n

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For a normal weekend, a Saturday trip to Kanazawa would have been the single plan for the weekend. But not the weekend of the 1st and 2nd of June. Nope, I also planned a trip to Himeji the same weekend. It turned out that David and David were in Japan again, this time hanging out … <\/p>\n

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