Foreign places

In an OC class we recently talked about foreign places. Can you guess where these photos were taken? I've been to some of them.

1. Which of these places would you most like to see?
2. If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go, and what would you do there?
3. What foreign news stories have you seen on TV or read about recently? What comment do you have about those stories?

Yoyogi

Last weekend I went to Tokyo for a teacher's conference. There were many interesting talks about teaching ideas etc, and I caught up with several people I've worked with before at other universities (+ Paul from KGU, and his wife). It was good to see everyone after a long time. On Saturday night some of us went out in Shinjuku, and ended up at a karaoke place. It's a long time since I last went to karaoke, as I'm a fairly poor singer. My throat was sore on Sunday, but it was fun. When was the last time you visited Tokyo?

The conference was held at the old Olympic venue in Yoyogi. I didn't have time to walk around much this time, although when I used to live in Tokyo I'd sometimes see sights like this in Yoyogi Park. What do you think of this fashion? I can't explain it or imagine what they are thinking when they wear these clothes. Do you have any idea?

Autumn

Temperatures are dropping, so autumn is really here now. We've started eating hot pot (nabe) at home already. What have you been doing lately? Did you go to the school festival?

Do you have any plans to go and check out the autumn leaves? I'm going to for a walk with my family on the 26th, although I expect next weekend (the 19th and 20th) to be the best time (I have to go to Tokyo for a teacher's conference). If you want to see some good autumn scenes, one of my favorite places is Tofuku-ji temple in Kyoto. I'd recommend you see it sometime. This photo is one of the most famous views. Have you been there?