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Thu, 21 May 2015 | By curiousgeorge | Views [300] | Scholarship Entry
Stop me if you've heard this before, or know it from experience, but summer in Japan is hot! With temperatures often exceeding 30°C (86°F), and humidity floating around the 60-80% mark, it can be somewhat claustrophobic to find yourself wedged between ... Read more >
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Thu, 21 May 2015 | By comeawaywithme | Views [191] | Scholarship Entry
I sat on the petal-covered ground and as the sakura flowers began to fall, I felt a peace I hadn't experienced in a while. The cool breeze whispered through the air and the cherry blossoms welcomed it like an old friend. Looking around me I thought, it ... Read more >
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Thu, 21 May 2015 | By beenthereseenthat | Views [212] | Scholarship Entry
My first time in Japan and it was for work! I promised myself I’d make the most it and took a couple of extra days. I made it through the 12 hour flight and embarked on a whirlwind of sightseeing. After two days in non-stop crowds with sticky humidity ... Read more >
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Mon, 18 May 2015 | By langkawi21 | Views [300]
Japan was always going to be very different after a month in China and it didn't dissappoint. Tokyo was a great city to catch up with friends from Sydney, watch baseball, eat sushi and sashimi and relax.
Travelling around Japan on the bullet ... Read more >
Sat, 16 May 2015 | By thewritertobe | Views [198] | Scholarship Entry
Raindrops chased each other down the windowpane. The weather outside the train worsening, working itself up into an angry frenzy, almost like a wild animal trapped, throwing all its energy into getting out. The train slid through the countryside, turbulent ... Read more >
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Fri, 15 May 2015 | By cmlabree | Views [187] | Scholarship Entry
Touring Japan, especially Tokyo for the first time can be an overwhelming experience. In the eleven days I was there I managed to get a little taste of each of the neighborhoods, along with the major tourist spots outside Tokyo proper: Kyoto, Nikko, Kamakura ... Read more >
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Thu, 14 May 2015 | By beloveda | Views [275] | Scholarship Entry
"Would you like to have a cup of milk?", – young smiling women asked. I gazed at her with no clue what was she saying. I was four years old. A blonde Russian child, speaking only Russian. Looking at the head of Japanese kinder garden in Tokyo. My dad ... Read more >
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Thu, 14 May 2015 | By madprofessor | Views [238] | Scholarship Entry
As I was standing on the platform at Kyoto station, waiting for the Shinkansen to come, I could feel a sour lump in my throat. There is an annoying disadvantage in knowing oneself really well – you cannot outmaneuver your brain with some blunt expression ... Read more >
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Tue, 12 May 2015 | By vivi_and_robrob | Views [643]
“Never Give up!” - We found ourselves applying one of our Cupnoodles Museum mantras perhaps flippantly to a long walk home at 5:30am, as the sun rose and kissed our tired faces.
We were on our way back from Rappongi Art Night, ... Read more >
Tue, 12 May 2015 | By ingmarduldig | Views [234] | Scholarship Entry
It was cold, it was dark, and I couldn't speak Japanese. We had spent an emotionally grueling day exploring the harrowing atomic bomb museum in Hiroshima, followed by a trip to the venerable island of Miyajima, with its solemn wild deer. Now it was ... Read more >
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Sat, 9 May 2015 | By mpryan | Views [165] | Scholarship Entry
The son of the owner of the ryokan I was staying at in Kanazawa, on the north coast of Japan, was one of those ‘go out of the way, no matter what, to help you’ kind of people that you come across so frequently in Japan. Once he knew I was a chef, his ... Read more >
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Thu, 7 May 2015 | By tillystownhouse | Views [317] | Scholarship Entry
On August 6th 1945 Hiroshima became immortalised in history as a place of great tragedy. The first atomic bomb was dropped that day causing mass devastation to this now unassuming Japanese city. The affects of that day are no longer visible to us, the ... Read more >
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Mon, 4 May 2015 | By sarahjowett | Views [245] | Scholarship Entry
Tonkatsu Tonki, ?1-1-2 Shimomeguro, Meguro 153-0064, Tokyo Tonki is not the kind of outfit you would find out about unless you had inside knowledge: a five-minute walk from Meguro’s subway station, it’s tucked up an unexciting alleyway. Being away from ... Read more >
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Fri, 1 May 2015 | By markiitka | Views [180] | Scholarship Entry
My travel treasure is a small city which is very easy to miss when you're going to Japan. City not as popular as Tokyo, or Kyoto, but certainly wonderful. City of hot spring, city combining hills and sea. City of cats. Beppu. City that I fell in love ... Read more >
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Mon, 27 Apr 2015 | By siege | Views [208] | Scholarship Entry
I've learned that the best way to experience the culture of another country is to stay with a local. Part of a student exchange program I joined is a 2-day home stay with a Japanese family. It was basically a chance see how a normal day goes about when ... Read more >
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