Comments on John Milito's Amazing Adventures: Phi Alpha in Japan

Cool.

2009-07-08T14:05:59.182-05:00

Cool.

Tornadoes28: Yeah I read your post on Japonius Tyr...

2009-07-08T08:41:20.374-05:00

Tornadoes28: Yeah I read your post on Japonius Tyrannus. From the description of the game on wikipedia, it sounds like it's a lot like hacky sack. "The object of Kemari is to keep one ball in the air, with all players cooperating to do so."

Is Kemari considered kickball? I recently read th...

2009-07-07T10:03:00.529-05:00

Is Kemari considered kickball? I recently read the book "Japonius Tyrannus" about Oda Nobunaga, the first of the three great unifiers of Japan. In it it talked about kickball being a popular sport of the nobility in Kyoto and that Nobunaga also became interested in it and supported it.

John Milito. I was planning on going to the museum...

2009-07-07T09:34:18.470-05:00

John Milito. I was planning on going to the museum this weekend. Way to go before me... and blog about it before me. It looks cool though...save for the lack of descriptions in English.

Point taken. This is the National Museum, though....

2009-07-07T08:02:51.636-05:00

Point taken. This is the National Museum, though. Surely they have the resources to write a few paragraphs in English.

I think alot of the signs have a bit of history in...

2009-07-07T07:55:51.496-05:00

I think alot of the signs have a bit of history in Japanese since we are in Japan lol. The English is just as literal and quick as possible so you know what it is, not what its been through.

Sometimes I think I forget we are in a different country and the main language is Japanese lol.