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Skiing in Yuzawa Kogen, Japan

Mon, 3 Aug 2015 | By vietnamesefood | Views [337] | Video | Scholarship Entry

I have an undying love for sun, sea, snow & sand; daring enough to try exciting new flavours and odd, even weird, food. I believe that beauty is expressed in one's face and i am able to take a selfie no matter the situation. I have mastered Instagram ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Film Scholarship to Colombia

Traipsing through Tokyo in 150 seconds

Tue, 28 Jul 2015 | By xinenchua | Views [243] | Video | Scholarship Entry

Hello there! It has taken 25 years but I've finally gotten up the courage and slight insanity to quit my cushy corporate life and take the plunge into travelling full time for a year. Combined with a intense love for writing, and a considerate obsession ... Read more >

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Photos: Osaka

Fri, 10 Jul 2015 | By macedonboy | Photo Gallery

Osaka
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No Translation

Thu, 9 Jul 2015 | By carlsbad_sven | Views [550]

Some gestures transcend language. I find the best ambassadors come from the general population of any given country. When I was on business in Kyoto one of our party lost his wallet in a museum. He noticed the missing object when it was time to pay for ... Read more >

Tags: hospitality, japanese culture, kyoto, language barrier

Photos: BEPPU-JAPAN

Wed, 8 Jul 2015 | By bersi | Photo Gallery

BEPPU JIGOKU
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Photos: Nara

Tue, 7 Jul 2015 | By macedonboy | Photo Gallery

Nara
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Photos: Himeji

Mon, 6 Jul 2015 | By macedonboy | Photo Gallery

Stopping off at Himenji on the way to Nara via Osaka
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Photos: Japan between modernity and tradition

Sat, 13 Jun 2015 | By travelerdiaryinusa | Photo Gallery


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Tags: #japan #travel #monument #landscape #food #amazingmemories

Mushi Atsui

Sun, 31 May 2015 | By matthewjbrowman | Views [470]

Memory tells me it was within a week of my departure, but perhaps it was more like a month, that Sara informed me that she would be returning to Canada the day after I arrived rather than spending the six weeks in Japan with me. In the summer of 1993, ... Read more >

Photos: Sakura memories

Thu, 28 May 2015 | By travelerdiaryinusa | Photo Gallery

The flowering of cherry blossom is an popular event in Japan. To me it is a must-see
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Tags: #japan #cherryblossom #travel #flower

No worries and a google translate me one more time

Thu, 28 May 2015 | By joyrney | Views [223] | Scholarship Entry

Traveling In Japan without knowledge of Japanese - check! Even though many people think that all there is full of hieroglyphs, you'll surprised, how easy it is to find your way in Japan! Off course, when you're in a big city. And even there you have to ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship

Yebisu GardenPlace

Thu, 28 May 2015 | By travelerdiaryinusa | Views [424] | Scholarship Entry

Yebisu Garden Place is a tiny place in the huge capital of Tokyo. “Oh my god this it is the place in Hana Yori Dango!!” this is the knowledge of every young people who know the drama. To me it is just a beautiful and a quiet place. When I was looking ... Read more >

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The Prodigal Son

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By tim_hamer | Views [226] | Scholarship Entry

The prickling in the knees, the heavy heart, hard to breathe. Each step brings me closer to unlocking a door that was closed on me for years. Seven years to be exact. If you have ever visited your old school, you would understand the feeling. However ... Read more >

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The Last Train Ride

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By dnburke | Views [220] | Scholarship Entry

With a keening whistle, the train screeched down the tracks. Without me on it. I struggled to pull my suitcases up over the curb and under the eaves of the depot building as I watched the carriage disappear from view into the tunnel around the bend. I ... Read more >

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The Fox and the Thousand doors

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By virunus | Views [202] | Scholarship Entry

So famous the Fushimi Inari Shrine in Kyoto, the temple of the Fox, the sanctuary of the thousand gates, the Senbon Torii. Foxes are believed to be messengers of the shinto god of rice Inari, other say that the Fox is the god of lies and illusions and ... Read more >

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