Kamaoka, Japan

Here you will see a rural town in Japan.... yes they exist!!! The town of Kamaoka is huge in terms of space and probable also in cow population, but fails to match most Japanese City's human population. Myself and my Oklahoma friends from OSU went together as guests, as our school is Stillwater Oklahoma,.... and Kameoka and Stillwater have a "sister city" alliance! We ate free breakfast, lunch, and dinner. We also received free overnight lodging, met cool people, and played some games during the trip. It was very fun. The most surprising part for me was to see rural life in Japan. I honestly didn't believe it existed before going to Kamaoka!! ---- Furthermore, the following photo was taken by me as this is no ordinary building. It is actually a replica of the 1st classroom building ever built at Oklahoma State University, "Old Central"... However, this photo was taken in Japan!!!!                            Here, below, you can see the original, which still exists in Oklahoma. I used to see this building often, before coming abroad. The photo was retrieved from the website http://www.lasr.net/travel/city.php?Oklahoma+Museum+of+Higher+Education&City_ID=OK0410027&VA=Y&Attraction_ID=OK0410027a006
 Below you can see an example of the vast grassland that I saw. Nice!!
This final photo was taken inside the guest house that my friends and I slept in. It was huge! And the food was great! I would love to return sometime in the future and I highly recomend people abroad travel not just to tourist attractions, such as Tokyo and Hiroshima, but also to places like this. You can get a good idea of unique culture this way and plus not many folks have seen foreigners in places like that so its fun for them too sometimes.

Only in Japan

For my improv blog, I feel I have to post about what entertains me the most; things I found only in Japan. From Purikura to whale-4-sale, you wont find some things elsewhere in the world.  Also worth mention and supported by photo is an example of the infamous "engrish t-shirts" that many folks notice in Japan. (these are shirts that somehow are printed and sold at real stores, yet make no logical sense when reading...... I provided a copy of my favorite example) - The purikura photo was not shot by me and involves me.... However, I give full credit to the machine that carefully shot the photo at Sega World-Game Center in Hirakata, Osaka, Japan. --- Notice the wonderful background of checkers,... this is something that many Americans would pick on, but I must say I dont care. I am totally addicted to it. I am a purikura warrior. In fact, I have my phone covered to the point where my phone's battery is the next target for a purikura sticker!!   Which reminds me,.. I  recently heard that some girls here like to hide a 'secret purikura' inside their phone, by the battery,... perhaps a photo of them with a boyfriend or such..... I tested this theory out on a girl I hardly know..... while looking at her 'public display' purikura on her phone,.. i asked her if she had 'secret' purikura,.... and simaltaneously jogged off with her phone while she yelled at me, so i could check inside... sure enough, there was "secret purikura" of what I can only guess is her and a boyfriend of the past or present. .... No one was hurt in this study..... ---

The other photos consist of "engrish" and whale... in the former... you can notice a man wearing a shirt the says "peace your *cow* take"    - by all means, please try to make sense of it for me, because I cant. This is a common trend in Japanese shirts I've seen and I love Japan because of it...... Finally.... I ate whale here!!!! It was one of my goals before coming here, as this is the only place I knew I would ever find it.....I must say, OISHIKATTA!