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Tokyo Day 2: Roppongi, Harajuku, Shibuya

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 | By cisoux | Views [6495] | Comments [3]

One of my main missions for this trip was to find a wedding dress. Because let’s face it, if you can’t find a nice dress in Tokyo, there’s little hope for you anywhere else. All of my hopes for finding this elusive dress were pinned on ... Read more >

Tags: harajuku, japan, roppongi, shibuya, tokyo

visitor,hiking,surfing,Nara,flower arranging and Kayaking!

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 | By roxyfish | Views [1023]

Well so many exciting things have happened since I last wrote on this page. It is hard to know where to start! Well lets start in May... My Mum came over and visited me for 12 days. It was lovely to see her and catch up. We did a lot of going to ... Read more >

Osaka

Sat, 24 Sep 2011 | By damonlk | Views [845]

To say that Kyoto and Osaka are not much like says not much at all. Kyoto is a neat and compact city no more than a few hours walk in any direction and bordered on the north by rolling hills. Osaka sprawls. It is a port city, and the port itself is ... Read more >

My hero!

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 | By abcarlson | Views [784] | Comments [1]

So, leave it to me to move to a subtropical island and manage to catch a nasty head cold the week before Christmas. Figures, right? On a happy note, my wonderful husband surprised me with Chicken Noodle soup when he got home from work. Such a sweetie! ... Read more >

About this trip

Tue, 22 Sep 2015 | By monika | Views [709]

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 >

Arrival

Sat, 14 Sep 2013 | By larrydressler | Views [407]

The flight with Singapore Airlines was twelve hours of customer service bliss. This is clearly a company that has decided genuine smiling matters and grumpiness has no place in a service business. I have never felt more taken care of ... Read more >

Through the womb of Buddha

Tue, 26 May 2015 | By | Views [355] | Scholarship Entry

It was the second time I had been to Kiyomizudera. This was one of the places my office spouse and I had decided that no one should miss in Kyoto, and so we took my adopted sister here. Coming here in summer was quite a different deal to visiting Kiyomizu ... Read more >

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Traipsing through Tokyo in 150 seconds

Tue, 28 Jul 2015 | By xinenchua | Views [324] | Video | Scholarship Entry

Hello there! It has taken 25 years but I've finally gotten up the courage and slight insanity to quit my cushy corporate life and take the plunge into travelling full time for a year. Combined with a intense love for writing, and a considerate obsession ... Read more >

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A Local Encounter that Changed my Perspective - Survivor

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By tiaratirr | Views [304] | Scholarship Entry

I ate up my croissants while waiting my friend before we went. I knew it wasn’t enough to fill my energy to walk a lot that day, after the previous day I and other 13 friends from 6 countries went to the bar to have a nomikai as a farewell. We went to ... Read more >

Tags: Travel Writing Scholarship 2013