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Kokura Gion Taiko 2009

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 | By bundynbeaches | Views [1768] | Comments [1] | Video

The Japanese call Kokura the "Lucky City". Apparently the pilot of the B29 with the second atomic bomb "Fat Man" was told to only drop it if he had clear skies and could see the target. Despite three runs at the target the cloud held ... Read more >

Tags: drums, festivals

Touchdown TOKYO!

Mon, 15 Sep 2014 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [1722]

Tokyo at last! I’ve finally reached Japan, as my 30th country a week before my 30th birthday! Getting here was no easy feat though. It was my first experience flying with JetStar and my first time on the Boeing 787, better known as the ... Read more >

Ferry: Osaka - Shanghai

Tue, 27 May 2008 | By eri | Views [898]

All very smoooth, and ferry far from capacity so nice and laidback. Karaoke bar, games arcade and majong room keep some occupied, but after all the rushing around over the last couple of months was delighted to do pretty much absolutely nothing. In ... Read more >

Osaka - Eerily familiar

Sun, 1 Aug 2010 | By yoshi | Views [842] | Comments [5]

Dogs in pajamas in strollers, piped music on public streets, the smell of takoyaki hanging in the balmy air, the incessant chatter of cicadas, the random old men who stop their bikes just to tell me it's "atsui!" (hot), people on loudspeakers ... Read more >

Tags: back in osaka

Diving 10th Feb

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 | By roxyfish | Views [733]

Well I finally did it. I finally jumped back in the water again as a scuba diver after 3 years and 4 months of staying 'dry'. Why have I wasted so much time?! Scuba diving is fantastic and I love it and well lets just say I caught the diving bug ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors

I've been to Tokyo DOME!

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 | By willstop | Views [729]

Yes! it is! I been there yesterday with my Sis, Brod-In-Law and Little Nephew. In fact, I been there already last month but the reason why we came back is I wanna ride a " Thunder Dolphin " which commonly known as "... Read more >

Tags: Adrenaline

It was the week before Xmas

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 | By peter_allen | Views [689] | Comments [2]

I have received ten or so cards, mostly from the 1st year kids. They have wished me a 'melly X'smas' and a 'marry christmas' (that may have been a proposal but I'm choosing to assume it's an innocent mistake). Of course bribery was involved, there ... Read more >

The Onsen in the storm

Mon, 30 Jul 2018 | By chloebruce | Views [645]

It has rained all day today. Being the UK that shouldn’t be even worthy of mention, but it is the relieving cleanse of heavy rain after an uneasy prolonged heatwave, so with relief I say, it has rained all day today. Whenever it rains now, I mean ... Read more >

Tags: arashiyama, female empowerment, japan, kyoto, onsen

Last Days of Ministry

Wed, 7 Aug 2013 | By fujihiker | Views [539]

Sorry for late update. Two of the ladies left 2 days early as they were having trouble with the mission not meeting their expectations. This was their first overseas missions trip and they were not prepared for how the Japanese are reached ... Read more >

History, Hiroshima and the Hollowness of Regret

Sun, 13 Feb 2011 | By theblacktwig | Views [472]

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