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Tue, 26 May 2015 | By cmkirk | Views [195] | Scholarship Entry
Beautiful, serene and contemplative were my preconceived ideas about Kyoto’s temples as I planned our recent adventure to Japan in April. Reality conflicted in some respects with my expectations. Large school groups and tourists – both local and foreign ... Read more >
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Tue, 26 May 2015 | By davesperience | Views [286] | Scholarship Entry
I inhaled deeply, letting the sweet yet acrid tobacco wash over my lungs as the not yet noon sun beat down on my head. It was surprisingly warm for April in Japan. I was standing outside the entrance to the Okunion Mausoleum at Mount Koya, just south ... Read more >
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Tue, 26 May 2015 | By naokokensaku | Views [350] | Scholarship Entry
It was the second time I had been to Kiyomizudera. This was one of the places my office spouse and I had decided that no one should miss in Kyoto, and so we took my adopted sister here. Coming here in summer was quite a different deal to visiting Kiyomizu ... Read more >
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Mon, 25 May 2015 | By mrwilson | Views [167] | Scholarship Entry
I was road-tripping around the northernmost tip of Honshu, Japan's main island. It's a big axe-shaped peninsula, curling out into the water between Honshu and Hokkaido. We'd just been to try a $40 bowl of tuna - the freshest in the world, they say - at ... Read more >
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Mon, 25 May 2015 | By lookatallthepoorpeople | Views [222] | Scholarship Entry
Every time I land in Tokyo I head straight to the same noodle shop. I have no idea what it's called - the name is written entirely in Japanese - but I do know exactly how to get there. Just jump on the subway towards Asakusa and turn left outside the ... Read more >
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Mon, 25 May 2015 | By haroldnyc | Photo Gallery
Gunkajima: Post-Apocalyptic Wonderland
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Mon, 25 May 2015 | By haroldnyc | Views [256] | Scholarship Entry
Every tourist visits Tokyo and Kyoto and Japan's reputation as a destination for top-notch religious sights, exceptional food, and quirky modern consumerism is well known. However, Japan has long been an industrial powerhouse and is on the forefront of ... Read more >
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Sun, 24 May 2015 | By emmakent | Views [299] | Scholarship Entry
Walking into the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Japan during a sumo-wrestling tournament makes you feel like royalty. Fans line the walkway into the stadium in hordes like people lining up to meet the queen. I shuffle over to someone in a uniform, confused ... Read more >
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Sun, 24 May 2015 | By isis375 | Views [381] | Scholarship Entry
This tale is both cautionary and a lesson in that all too human quality, faith. It is not much a story about what I discovered about a place so much as what I found in people. Like all good stories, it starts on a deserted island. Well, not quite. ... Read more >
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Sun, 24 May 2015 | By albert | Photo Gallery
Some images from my adventures in Osaka, Japan
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Sat, 23 May 2015 | By albert | Views [519] | Scholarship Entry
Did you ever watch the film 'The Hang-over'? I'm proud to say I haven't, but my basic knowledge of the plot says I'm in a similar state of mind. What the cough happened yesterday night? My head is hurting. My legs are soar. My throat is dry like the Gobi ... Read more >
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Sat, 23 May 2015 | By kellyyli | Views [284] | Scholarship Entry
"Kyoto is for temple hopping." That’s what all the guidebooks told me. I grew up in Asia- I had seen them all. The prospect spending my holiday to visiting even more temples didn't particularly arouse me. It’s probably how the French would feel if they ... Read more >
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Thu, 21 May 2015 | By domyson | Views [208] | Scholarship Entry
We were promised a seafood buffet at the end of our cultural immersion in Japan. In the past 7 days, the only fish we ate was salmon and we can’t help but crave for other swimming chows. So when the Farewell Night came, we were really excited to chat ... Read more >
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Thu, 21 May 2015 | By emtravel | Views [289] | Scholarship Entry
I call it the map test. Just stand still, pull out a map, and look lost. Or in my case, actually be lost. Then wait. Standing on the platform, I frowned at the crumpled paper in my hands. Tokyo’s metro map resembled the work of a crayon-wielding ... Read more >
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Thu, 21 May 2015 | By timbowrey | Views [217] | Scholarship Entry
On the outskirts of Sapporo, Japan, there is a small underground bar. It won’t be found unless you go looking for it, and what is inside is not typically Japanese. It isn’t a maid bar, or a sake bar, or any of the classic and unusual Japanese bars you ... Read more >
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