December 26, 2010
Matti's December message
Students at the Imperial Palace's Otemon Gate. Matti on the far right, black jacket
This month our group of foreign students went on a tour of Tokyo. I'd never been to the central areas of Tokyo too often and walking through the city was an interesting experience. The city had a fresh feeling to it, unlike other big cities I've been to in the past.
We went to see the Otemon gate of the imperial palace and after that walked to the statue of Ota Dokan, the man credited for creating Edo, which is now modern day Tokyo. It was a small statue in a corner of a large building, making me wonder just of how much importance he is to the Japanese.
After the tour of the city we headed to Ryougoku for lunch. We ate a delicious meal of chanko nabe and discussed our regrets of the past year and aims for the year to come. As this is December have a merry Christmas and a happy New Year!
Matti