schools done
my project is complete
gion matsuri with its brightly colored yukatas and slow moving temples on wheels has come and gone
i said goodbye to my peeps
then it was off to tokyo for one more hurrah with chelsey- where i bought a camera that can go underwater do crazy panoramas
we got off the night bus in tokyo at 6 am and realized that it was the perfect time to see the tsukiji fish market in full swing 
probably one of the most overwhelming places ive ever been. large machinery, small allies, yelling, cursing, and fish guts everywhere
chelsey smoking outside of the smoking box
shibuya crossing 7am
and 10pm
everything i love about japan summed up in one- man wearing a yukata, holding an umbrella (note- it is not raining) talking on a cell phone next to a store called "books FUKUYA"
underneath a Louise Bourgeois spider in the Roppongi Hills
on the streets of harajuku
chelsey and i crashed her parents swanky hotel room right next to the tokyo tower (the panoramic mode sometimes distorts things a little bit...)
the sky in ginza was really that color
PACHINKO!
what it feels like in a PACHINKO! parlor
like i said it was really that color
then chelsey had to go back to kyoto so i decided to jump on a ship and head to paradise
NiiJima Island- one of the seven islands that makes up Izu Shoto just south of Tokyo (niijima had the strangest stone carvings all over the island)
my only sighting of mt fuji (notice the little bump in the clouds on the right side)
greek ruins? guess they have it all in japan...
but they make for a good onsen
i camped on niijima for a few nights and met a few guys, tov and hank, at the site next to me. here they are eating the delicacy of the island- Kusaya fish- which translates into "smells bad." thats all i really need to know
surfing beach 5 min from our campsite
matching helmets?
yes.... sitting at the end of the world in the blazing sun
after i left the island i set out to see mt fuji up close and personal. but my camera died. and then i ran out of cash. but i did climb up a hill right next to it and met a girl who took my picture for me and swore she would send it to me... 
