I was thinking about topics for us to discuss (besides newly announced figurines) and suddenly stumbled upon an interesting fact.

This summer I was incredibly lucky to spend a month in Japan. It was my first trip there, and my relatives were crazily nervous. But phone calls cost a fortune, therefore I used my 'keitai' (mobile phone) mostly as an alarm clock. Luckily I found a free Internet connection in my small apartment. So I used to write short photo-reviews on Live Journal in order to calm down my Mum. Off course I wasn't able to expose all the photos - and only now I've realized that many of my friends still haven't got a chance to see through the rest of them.

So, I'm going to upload some here. Mb you'll find something interesting too :)

Let's start with an 'eki' or station.
When you first come to a unfamiliar town in Japan, you might actually find you don't have a desire to leave the train station. Especially when the town isn't really big and you are a noobie 'gaijin'. Because all useful things are located here - all kinds of shops, restaurants, cafes... Aya, and hotels and a bus station. And if you turn around the corner - well, you never know.

Here is Okayama station.