Destination: Japan

So Long, And Thanks for all the Fish!

Mon, 7 Mar 2011 | By abcarlson | Views [2652]

We've had a lovely 2+ years on WorldNomads.  It's been a time of getting married in Jamaica, moving to a foreign country, exploring Japanese culture, cuisine, and customs; as well as lots of traveling around Okinawa, mainland Japan, Sapporo, and Italy.... Read more >

Miajima Shrine & Kuju Highlands daytrips

Sun, 5 Oct 2008 | By bundynbeaches | Views [1907]

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

busy days

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 | By jess_dan | Views [1357] | Comments [2]

Dear All,  It's been a few days since I've been able to write the blog...weve been very busy..so busy that when we get back to our apartment we eat, sleep and rest!We moved from Osaka to Kyoto last Thursday. Were now staying at a small apartment in ... Read more >

Tags: deer, japan, japanese food, kobe, kyoto, nara, rokko

The Streetcar

Mon, 13 Nov 2006 | By dan_in_japan | Views [1351] | Comments [5]

New picture folder, "Autumn". My student once told me that the Tokyo streetcar is, "a modern miracle". I told him not to get so carried away, what with rail travel being a staple form of transportation worldwide for the last century ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Day 164: Tokyo to Osaka

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 | By markr_mcmahon | Views [851]

Thursday 17th April I must have been more tired than I realised as I didn't get up until after 09.00. I had forgotten that I needed to go out to Narita Airport to look for the gift for Kumi that I had bought in Hanoi. I wasn't sure how I had ... Read more >

Tokyo Rose

Sat, 6 Jun 2009 | By copperowl | Views [711] | Comments [3]

Today i was at a temple in central Tokyo. Two little girls, or little women walked past - dressed in full Geisha outfits. This afternoon we had a small earth tremor. The full Japanese experience. Yesterday i visited Mount Fuji. Mt Fuji is regarded ... Read more >

The Day I Found The Meaning Of Life

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 | By ladydowse | Views [698]

Just as Rod Stewart’s awesometasical line ‘the rhythm of my heart is beating like a drum with the words I love you rolling off my tongue, no never will I roam for I know my place is home; where the ocean meets the sky I’ll be sailing’ seems to ... Read more >

Tags: cherry trees in rocks, morioka

About this trip

Tue, 22 Sep 2015 | By monika | Views [686]

Finally - a blog. After exactly three weeks in Japan I have time to write this. What kept me busy will be revealed in the (hopefully) near future. In the last few months people kept asking the same questions over and over again, but unfortunately ... Read more >

November weekend

Fri, 7 Nov 2008 | By peter_allen | Views [495] | Comments [2]

The leaves are changing colour and the weather is getting really cold. It's going to be freezing soon, literally what with the snow and all that's due in winter. I really need to sort out something warm for my lowerlegs till I get my tall boots from ... Read more >

Japan | ??

Sat, 29 Aug 2015 | By jamesbernal | Views [337] | Video | Scholarship Entry

My parents emigrated to the US from Colombia, and I've always had one foot in each country, both culturally and mentally. I've been looking for ways to travel back with more frequency and produce work that captures the experience of traveling through ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Film Scholarship to Colombia

First day

Wed, 3 Apr 2019 | By trinity773 | Views [307]

I'm here!😄 I can't believe it.  First thing when i got here at the airport "I got lost". Leave it to me.😉 but after 3 hours getting everything done and getting to the hotel room i was exhausted. Now I'm waiting for my tour guide to pick ... Read more >

Living out my dream

Tue, 13 May 2014 | By | Views [232] | Scholarship Entry

Last year, my mother suggested a mother-daughter bonding trip and we chose to venture to Japan, a country I love for its great food and culture! We started off with Kyoto. It has a rustic charm, and every shrine had its own unique characteristic. Some ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip

Matsushima: The Jade of Tohoku

Mon, 24 Nov 2014 | By jhazle | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Tags: 2014 Travel Photography Scholarship

Photos: Christmas cookies

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 | By abcarlson | Photo Gallery

Photos: My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

Mon, 8 Jul 2013 | By puritto | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry