Alyssa Erin Woo
Born in Sarnia, Ontario, Alyssa Woo enjoys writing whenever she can. My Trip to the Orient was written in the summer of 2005, when she was ten years old. She runs cross country, plays soccer, plays the piano, and likes painting. Alyssa lives with her parents and younger brother Brandon in Michgan, and will be a junior in high school this fall.
Stories from This Author
My Trip to the Orient - Part 9
Sept. 24, 2010 • Alyssa Erin Woo
Editor’s Note: This series of articles is taken from a diary kept by Nikkei Canadian Alyssa Erin Woo, then ten years old, during her trip to Japan with her grandparents. Part 8 >>Tuesday, July 19, 2005 – My Last Day of Japanese AdventureThis morning, Emi-chan made us a fancy breakfast. We had half an egg that was cut zig-zagged and toast. There was also melon for dessert. Uncle Kaku-san took us shopping. First, we went to an electronic store where …
My Trip to the Orient - Part 8
Sept. 17, 2010 • Alyssa Erin Woo
Editor’s Note: This series of articles is taken from a diary kept by Nikkei Canadian Alyssa Erin Woo, then ten years old, during her trip to Japan with her grandparents. Part 7 >> Friday, July 15, 2005 – Returning to Katsumi-san’s and Yoshiko-san’s Place We didn’t wake up early enough to see the festival, because it was at 4:59 in the morning! We looked around and shopped for a while in some nearby stores and then took a train ride back …
My Trip to the Orient - Part 7
Sept. 10, 2010 • Alyssa Erin Woo
Editor’s Note: This series of articles is taken from a diary kept by Nikkei Canadian Alyssa Erin Woo, then ten years old, during her trip to Japan with her grandparents. Part 6 >> Tuesday, July 12, 2005 – Beppu Today, we went to Beppu. On our way, we stopped at Joyfull for lunch. Again, I had my favourite meal: Spaghetti! Joyfull was becoming the new Denny’s! When we got to Beppu, we went to see the monkeys. When Mom went, there …
My Trip to the Orient - Part 6
Sept. 3, 2010 • Alyssa Erin Woo
Editor’s Note: This series of articles is taken from a diary kept by Nikkei Canadian Alyssa Erin Woo, then ten years old, during her trip to Japan with her grandparents. Part 5 >> Saturday, July 9, 2005 – Kyushu Here We Come! This morning, we left for Kyushu Island where Ba-chan used to live for a while during 1946 to 1955. We met Kazuo-san, her cousin; Yasuyuki-san, his son; and Shoji Hibata, her second cousin and they took us to a …
My Trip to the Orient - Part 5
Aug. 27, 2010 • Alyssa Erin Woo
Editor’s Note: This series of articles is taken from a diary kept by Nikkei Canadian Alyssa Erin Woo, then ten years old, during her trip to Japan with her grandparents. Part 4 >>Wednesday, July 6, 2005 – Staying in a Japanese Style Hotel in Kyoto We left Hikone to Kyoto and stayed at Hotel Station Kyoto West. The room was Japanese style where we slept on the tatami (padded straw mats) floor. We went to Porta an underground shopping mall …
My Trip to the Orient - Part 4
Aug. 20, 2010 • Alyssa Erin Woo
Editor’s Note: This series of articles is taken from a diary kept by Nikkei Canadian Alyssa Erin Woo, then ten years old, during her trip to Japan with her grandparents. Part 3 >> Sunday, July 3, 2005 – Exploring Hakone This morning, we left Emiko-san’s place and took a train to Fujiya Hotel in Miyanoshita, Hakone. I liked the Italian restaurant we went to for lunch. After, we took a two car tram that zigzagged up the mountains, next switched over …
My Trip to the Orient - Part 3
Aug. 13, 2010 • Alyssa Erin Woo
Editor’s Note: This series of articles is taken from a diary kept by Nikkei Canadian Alyssa Erin Woo, then ten years old, during her trip to Japan with her grandparents. Part 2 >> Friday, July 1, 2005 - Off to Saitama-ken!Today is Canada Day! Too bad I’m going to miss it. Denny’s for breakfast again! We were probably their #1 customers! This morning, we went to Tsujiki Fish Market. It’s the largest fish market in the world! There were many different …
My Trip to the Orient - Part 2
Aug. 6, 2010 • Alyssa Erin Woo
Editor’s Note: This series of articles is taken from a diary kept by Canadian Nikkei Alyssa Erin Woo, then ten-years-old, during her trip to Japan with her grandparents.Part 1 >>Tuesday, June 28, 2005 – Settling in TokyoWe’re finally here! After landing at Tokyo Narita Airport, Ba-chan, Ji-chan and I took a bus then switched over to a taxi to Ginza Capital Hotel. We saw that in Japan, the drivers sit on the right side, whereas in Canada, the driver sits …
My Trip to the Orient - Part 1
July 30, 2010 • Alyssa Erin Woo
Editor’s Note: This series of articles is taken from a diary kept by Nikkei Canadian Alyssa Erin Woo, then ten years old, during her trip to Japan with her grandparents. Alyssa is the granddaughter of Yoshimi Susan Maikawa, author of “Ba-chan’s Story,” a series on Discover Nikkei. Introduction – My Dream VacationSummer, 2005, when I was 10 years old, my Ba-chan (grandmother) and Ji-chan (grandfather) took me on a trip to Japan. Ba-chan also took my Mom to Japan in …
