Destination: Japan

Gallery: Ride to Saitama-ken

Mon, 8 Dec 2008 | By peter_allen | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Hiroshima

Mon, 8 Dec 2008 | By angeours | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Kyoto

Sun, 7 Dec 2008 | By angeours | Photo Gallery

Friday on my mind

Thu, 4 Dec 2008 | By peter_allen | Views [497]

I am in the middle of the exam period, yesterday was exceptionally boring as I had no classes. For about half an hour I got to go into the students homeroom and read out part of the exam. They do a listening test, but it was only around 10 minutes per ... Read more >

Kyoto, mais pourquoi vivre ailleurs?

Tue, 2 Dec 2008 | By angeours | Views [3618] | Comments [3]

Première impression sur Kyoto: la gare!  Je pourrais mettre un grand point d exclamation parce que j y ai déjà passe une demi heure a prendre des photos et monter et descendre partout. Elle est gigantesque et absolument résolument moderne et esthétique.... Read more >

'Marathon'

Tue, 2 Dec 2008 | By peter_allen | Views [383]

Sunday was a work day for me. We had a couple of shorter than usual classes in the morning and then there was the school 'marathon', which was only a 2.2 km run, but that's what they called it. I took a bunch of photos, just a few are here. It was freezing ... Read more >

Gallery: 'Marathon' (not really)

Tue, 2 Dec 2008 | By peter_allen | Photo Gallery

Osaka...juste pour deux jours

Mon, 1 Dec 2008 | By angeours | Views [1441] | Comments [2]

Ah ah, j ai recu un petit ordinateur portable qu une vague connaissance du nom de Leo (dois je vraiment citer son nom ici, tellement vague est notre relationnel????) m a envoye par la poste. Ca a l enorme avantage de rendre l acces a internet vraiment ... Read more >

Gallery: Tokyo Work Trip!

Mon, 1 Dec 2008 | By tara_and_mike | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Nagoya

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 | By angeours | Photo Gallery

Hiroshima to Fukuoka

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 | By george | Views [6960]

Arriving in Hiroshima by a super fast shinkansen, the first surprise was the size of the city.  It's quite big - the population's over a million.  Otherwise, on the surface it seems very much like any other city in Japan.  You see this type ... Read more >

Tags: aso-san, beppu, fukuoka, hiroshima, japan

Gallery: Kyoto

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 | By wandering-bear-nomad-mike | Photo Gallery

The final chapter of Japan!

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 | By wandering-bear-nomad-mike | Views [569]

Here we are in Tokyo! After enjoying our final journey on the Bullet Train, next to a small Japanese man eating his pungent Bento Box. Bento Boxes are basically a Japanese packed lunch, which usually consists of Sushi, Rice Cake and maybe some pickled ... Read more >

Kyoto

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 | By wandering-bear-nomad-mike | Views [574]

  Our first day in Kyoto, we grab some food and sit on the river bank with the locals watching Snowy Egret and Herons, fish for their lunch. Kyoto has many beautiful, traditional wooden Japanese houses built along narrow cobbled streets, where there ... Read more >

Gallery: Nagoya

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 | By bergdorf-brunette | Photo Gallery