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Mon, 6 Oct 2008 | By peter_allen | Views [612] | Comments [3]
Today is Monday the 6th of October. Last Friday we had another seminar thingy in a nearby town. We were sent a map that made it look like the venue was directly over the road from the station, but no, it was a good 20 minute walk if you knew where ... Read more >
Mon, 6 Oct 2008 | By bergdorf-brunette | Views [528]
Einen Ausflug nach Yokohama? Are you serious? Das war meine erste Reaktion!!! Alles was ich über Yokohama wusste war dass sie ein Hard Rock Cafe haben, wel amerikanische Touris mit den T-Shirts herumgelaufen sind! Das Argument, dass immerhin 3 Millionen ... Read more >
Sun, 5 Oct 2008 | By bundynbeaches | Views [1850]
Tacked on to the end of the Hiroshima trip we got a ferry across to the Miajima (I hope I spelt that right) Shrine. It's a very popular, and famous shrine in Japan because the gate is in the sea and the temple is built on platforms on sandflats that ... Read more >
Tags: bridge, eating, shrine, vending machine, waterfall
Tue, 30 Sep 2008 | By bergdorf-brunette | Views [728]
Was man ja schon in Europa (zumindest in den Japanischen Touristen Zentren Wien und Salzburg) mitbekommt ist die Affinität der Japaner der französischen Nobelmarke Louis Vuitton gegenüber. Man möchte meinen die japanischen Schreine sollen vielmehr dem ... Read more >
Tue, 30 Sep 2008 | By peter_allen | Views [498] | Comments [2]
It's been over two months now which is a substantial proportion of the one year contract, I am still very much a fish out of water, it will clearly take more than a year to achieve any kind of assimilation into the community. Here's a very fragmented ... Read more >
Tue, 30 Sep 2008 | By bergdorf-brunette | Views [1177]
Ich glaube ich passe mich langsam an Japan an: Ich mache Sachen die unmöglich sind nur weil sie gemacht gehören (bzw. im Reiseführer stehen). Für mich heisst das soviel wie: um 5 Uhr aufstehen (bei grausigem Regenwetter)um mir Fische anzuschaun und hart ... Read more >
Mon, 29 Sep 2008 | By bundynbeaches | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 28 Sep 2008 | By roxyfish | Photo Gallery
Hiroshima and Miyajima
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Thu, 25 Sep 2008 | By peter_allen | Views [674]
junior high school sports day was yesterday, it's a weekday so not as big a family affair, a few mothers came along and the local bigwigs I guess. It was a fun day, not as crazy as the elementary event but that's to be expected. I didn't have any actual ... Read more >
Mon, 22 Sep 2008 | By bergdorf-brunette | Views [472]
2 mal wird Tokio zum Schauplatz eines Sumo Turniers, DER Traditionssport schlechthin (kaum zu glauben, Fleichbrocken die auf sich losgehen ist ein typisch japanischer kultureller Nachmittag)und am Sonntag wars wieder einmal soweit und wir Gaijins (Ausländer) ... Read more >
Mon, 22 Sep 2008 | By peter_allen | Views [1679] | Comments [1] | Video
Check the gallery for pictures from my second visit to Nikko. This time I went with Waka-san who came up from Yokohama, and Andrew. We spent Saturday driving to Nikko and the nearby lake in the mountains. Nikko is about 90-100 minutes from my place.... Read more >
Tags: nikko
Mon, 22 Sep 2008 | By peter_allen | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 21 Sep 2008 | By bundynbeaches | Views [1159] | Comments [4]
Hiroshima is well known as the city where the first Atomic bomb was dropped but it isn't until you visit the site and see some of the preserved ruins that you can get a real feel for what these people went through.
Listening to the Last Post ... Read more >
Tags: a bomb, memorial, war
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