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End of the week

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 | By peter_allen | Views [2336] | Comments [6]

It’s Friday afternoon and I’m about to lose the internet for the weekend again, since work is still my only regular source. So what happened this week? Classes started of course, Junior High School anyway, Elementary on Tuesday and Thursday afternoon ... Read more >

The people who fold in half ....

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 | By bundynbeaches | Views [1348]

I didn't know what to expect here in Japan. But I didn't really think the streets would be so clean, the cars so small and people constantly folding in half. These guys are constantly bowing in greeting, farewell or just for the hell of it. Everyone ... Read more >

Tags: culture, language, people, work

Sooo tired * update **

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 | By peter_allen | Views [724]

Got another festival email today, 'Flip' is going to Italy "10th CIRCUITO OFF VENICE INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, San Servolo Island, Venice, 2nd - 5th, September 2009" Jetlag is awful. I hoped to avoid the worst of it, but no luck.... Read more >

About this trip

Tue, 22 Sep 2015 | By monika | Views [690]

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 >

Day 1: Chicago to Seattle to Tokyo

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 | By asami | Views [521] | Comments [1]

Hello friends, It's time for my travel blog again! I got laid off from my job on Oct 1st, so I extended my Japan vacation to include more of Asia -- Thailand, Hong Kong, Laos and Vietnam -- for a total of 64 days. I always try to do some extended ... Read more >

Mondial Kaffee Revisited

Sun, 28 Feb 2016 | By kakimono | Views [512]

It was once again a warm but rainy Saturday, and Mondial Kaffee was already on my mind. So I decided to head out. As before, I didn’t have any difficulties getting on a train that brought me directly to the nearest train station. And from ... Read more >

Tags: coffee, google maps, gps, lost, trains

History, Hiroshima and the Hollowness of Regret

Sun, 13 Feb 2011 | By theblacktwig | Views [473]

I have traveled as far as hundreds of miles from the Pearl of the Orient to the Land of the Rising Sun only to encounter images of déjà vu from a distant past. My knowledge of Japan is similar to the preserved stories in the pages of history books ... Read more >

Tags: bombing, hiroshima, history, japan, peace, student in japan

Understanding a Culture through Food - The taste of Cherry Blossom

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By | Views [365] | Scholarship Entry

“I see the cherry blossom and then I know I am Japanese”, said a fellow observer as we surveyed the picnickers humbly sitting on plastic blue mats in the park, surrounded by a spattering of fallen pink and white curling petals. A stream lazily floated ... Read more >

Tags: Travel Writing Scholarship 2013

Naked

Thu, 15 May 2014 | By | Views [245] | Scholarship Entry

“This is your room. The water is hot from 8 to 11:30 pm,” she said. I was standing on a bamboo carpet, past a small paper-and-wooden door. I could see six almost cosy tatamis on the floor, a thin navy-brown wooden table for tea in the right corner and ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip