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Tue, 24 Jul 2007 | By jamesanddan | Views [2562]
After a long old Train ride we made it to Sendai in the North of Honshu, where the final Japanese `wonder` (the Shrine at Hiroshima and Amanohashidate were the other two) awaited us at Matsushima! After checking in, we took a stroll around the city, ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Sat, 20 Sep 2014 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [1406]
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 >
Mon, 13 Nov 2006 | By dan_in_japan | Views [1377] | 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
Sun, 31 Jul 2011 | By lillywanders | Views [817] | Comments [1]
Day 3 - Kyoto (cont.) In my original post, I didn't explain the title, as I ran out of time. It comes from what I spent the evening learning about. One of the most striking images of Japan is always that of the geisha, white faced, serene and dressed ... Read more >
Sun, 3 Aug 2008 | By lockers | Views [667] | Comments [2]
Tokyo - Kamakura - Kawaguchiko - Kyoto - Nara - Hiroshima - Miyajima - Narita - Nikko - Tokyo SOME HIGHLIGHTS - Night views of Tokyo from a skyscraper. - Seeing a Japanese wedding in Tokyo. - Seeing Mt. Fuji at dawn from Mt. Tenjo. - Stumbling ... Read more >
Fri, 12 Oct 2007 | By daniel | Views [528]
The first three nights in Tokyo, I stayed in K's house, a hostel in the Kuramae area of the city. The hostel was pretty clean and the staff were extremely helpfull and friendly. The hostel is a relatively easy journey on the subway and about 10 minutes ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By | Views [516] | Scholarship Entry
Kurosawa’s cinema and Mishima’s writings attracted me to Japan since the early 1980’s. Through the years, more and more reasons kept pulling me towards Japan. I became increasingly interested in the theatre form known as Noh. During my years living in ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Sat, 7 Jan 2017 | By caessar_aug | Photo Gallery
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Wed, 3 Jul 2013 | By irinaearnshaw | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Outside the bathroom in my family home are shelves of National Geographics, bowing under the weight of nearly 100 years of issues. I don’t think that my parents could have predicted the hunger for travel and photography that they would give me – there’s ...
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Tue, 19 Nov 2013 | By zioned | Photo Gallery
Vacation!
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Fri, 17 Mar 2006 | By smelt_and_gizzard | Photo Gallery
just a test run to see how this web journal works. our last few weeks in tokyo...
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Tue, 19 Jan 2010 | By abcarlson | Photo Gallery
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