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Wed, 24 Sep 2014 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [1253]
Mika & Hiro are my hosts here in Wakimachi. They're feeding me washoku (Japanese food) and I'm sleeping on a futon in a tatami room. Mark told me in 10 years of living in Japan he's never visited a Japanese home but here I am staying with a Japanese ... Read more >
Tue, 23 Sep 2014 | By kiwiaoraki | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 22 Sep 2014 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [911]
With more than 36,000 kilometres of hitchhiking across several countries under my belt, I would start my first big Japanese hitchhiking adventure. I don't have a JR pass so hitchhiking would be my only option unless I wanted to pay through the nose for ... Read more >
Sat, 20 Sep 2014 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [1168]
The bus dropped me at the 5th station, and I immediately felt the difference in both temperature and oxygen level. I had to dress warmer and breathe deeper. I came early today because in the off-season there are only two buses a day from Tokyo. I was ... Read more >
Sat, 20 Sep 2014 | By kiwiaoraki | Photo Gallery
My Dirty-Fuji-30
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Wed, 17 Sep 2014 | By dkeen | Views [430]
Met some great people who work for Sony and Konami and some contacts for Guam on the SFO>NRT flight and no complications getting to Japan. The BKK on the other hand is delayed by an hr so far. Free snacks!!! But I am getting a chance to update a few ... Read more >
Tue, 16 Sep 2014 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [913]
There's a surprise around every corner in Tokyo, that's why I reckon if there's one word that fit it, it's serendipity. As I woke up at 7:30 AM in my capsule I was glad I paid extra to check out two hours later. It allowed me to have another bath and ... Read more >
Tue, 16 Sep 2014 | By kizzyandnathan | Views [421]
wow, japan equals= mind blown!
from the moment we landed in tokyo it was one hell of an adventure. It is so cliche to say this, but.. it really was unlike any other place i have ever been or could imagine. I absolutly loved Tokyo, we just spent every ... Read more >
Mon, 15 Sep 2014 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [1442]
Tokyo at last! I’ve finally reached Japan, as my 30th country a week before my 30th birthday! Getting here was no easy feat though. It was my first experience flying with JetStar and my first time on the Boeing 787, better known as the ... Read more >
Mon, 15 Sep 2014 | By kiwiaoraki | Photo Gallery
In one word: serendipitous
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Sat, 13 Sep 2014 | By lmatejak99 | Views [912] | Comments [1]
After four awesome days in Kyoto, Blair and I take the bullet train back to Tokyo. The ride is just under three hours and goes through beautiful, mountainous regions covered in lush green forests. Off in the distance we catch an unobstructed ... Read more >
Thu, 11 Sep 2014 | By lmatejak99 | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 8 Sep 2014 | By lmatejak99 | Views [796] | Comments [8]
Our first two days in Kyoto were spent touring around a ton of temples, shrines and palaces. We rented bikes from our hostel, Piece Hostel, for $5 per day and they proved to be a very efficient way to see a huge amount of the city. We biked around for ... Read more >
Tags: food, japan, kyoto, palaces, shrines, temples
Thu, 4 Sep 2014 | By lmatejak99 | Photo Gallery
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Fri, 22 Aug 2014 | By clare-tamea | Views [822]
We decided to take a walk up a holy mountain, Ishizuchi-san, the highest mountain in western Japan (1982 metres), whilst we were in Shikoku. A cable car takes you up part of the way, then a stepped path leads up past shrines to the summit. There ... Read more >
Tags: ishizuchi, trekking in japan
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