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Wed, 15 Sep 2010 | By abcarlson | Views [852] | Comments [1]
(rainbow over the East China Sea) If you've been following our weather for any reason lately, you'll know that for the past month, it's rained almost every day. And I thought we got plenty of rain during rainy season this year! This has been a much ... Read more >
Wed, 15 Sep 2010 | By abcarlson | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 13 Sep 2010 | By abcarlson | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 13 Sep 2010 | By abcarlson | Views [987] | Comments [1]
It's that time of year again. Towards the end of August, Okinawa celebrates Obon to honor the spirits of their ancestors. You can read more about the festival in last year's post . This year we were prepared to run down the street to watch the ... Read more >
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 | By snowlindsay | Views [3148]
Japan is a fashion watchers heaven and hell. The young and old, the men and the women all seem to take much pride and care into their appearance, whether the look be punk, smart office, looking like doll or a rockstar. It is very obvious that a lot ... Read more >
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Wed, 8 Sep 2010 | By andrewhouston | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Rapid economic growth in post-war Japan brought on a construction boom, and with it a huge demand for day laborers, who came from around the country to recruitment sites such as Osaka's Kamagasaki. As Japan grew, so did the population of these "...
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Tue, 7 Sep 2010 | By snowlindsay | Views [872]
The food in Japan. Coming from Australia a Japanese lunch of sushi, sashimi, tempura and chicken katsu were the norm. Sushi train! What a great idea... I have now been living in Yokohama for 10 months and to be honest... I am a bit over the food. ... Read more >
Tags: japanese food, minatomirai, motomachi, restaurants, yokohama
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 | By duncast | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Throughout my travelling life, I have very much been taken aback by the difference the stereotypical image of the places I have visited and the actual reality of what I experience while there. Not many picture modern Japan as a country with lush, green ...
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Sun, 29 Aug 2010 | By abcarlson | Views [1605] | Comments [1]
We had a momentary break from the seemingly-ever-present rain of late, so we decided to make the most of it and take a drive out to Cape Zampa in search of the Giant Shisa. This adds yet another shisa photo to Brandon's ever-growing collection. :... Read more >
Sun, 29 Aug 2010 | By abcarlson | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 29 Aug 2010 | By maddyking | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Upon returning from my first overseas trip to Europe, I realised I’d taken over 2000 photos. Fours years and many travels later, photography has become a passion, a creative outlet amongst the academia of my media and communications degree. For me, ...
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Tue, 24 Aug 2010 | By abcarlson | Views [1388] | Comments [1]
Last week we had some very interesting weather. Brandon watched this water spout from Torii Beach during lunch. And I watched it from our apartment. Neither of us had seen a water spout in person before, but we managed to grab our cameras ... Read more >
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 | By abcarlson | Photo Gallery
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Sat, 21 Aug 2010 | By abcarlson | Views [1604]
Here is a set of photos I have taken with my cell phone camera while driving to work over the course of the last year. The top picture is a farmer harvesting his sugarcane. I slowed down enough to take this picture of this farmer who had just finished ... Read more >
Sat, 21 Aug 2010 | By abcarlson | Photo Gallery
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