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Sun, 30 Aug 2009 | By bundynbeaches | Views [2353]
Last weekend I got invited to to go along to a Baseball game between Japan's top two teams in Fukuoka. Why not? Never been to a ball game, and was not disappointed. Only knowing the most basic of the rules, I sat up there behind the guy who catches the ... Read more >
Tags: bikes, castles, games, volcanoes
Sun, 22 Nov 2009 | By lol | Views [1344]
After a solid week in Beijing, we decided to go on vacation to Japan. Lovely country – highly recommended. We will definitely go back here – next time hopefully knowing some more Japanese. Trip overview Day Where? ... Read more >
Thu, 1 Sep 2011 | By celeste | Views [1261]
11 March 2011 was a horrible day in the lives of the Japanese. The headlines on all news screamed words like: Tsunami, disaster, earthquake, deaths, devastating……… I remember that during this time, I was in a hospital and watching ... Read more >
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Wed, 6 Apr 2016 | By kakimono | Views [975]
“I want to go to Kyushu,” I heard myself say while video chatting with my parents. It was a weird thing for me to say. Like someone in Chicago saying “I want to go to Minnesota.” There’s nothing wrong with Minnesota, it’... Read more >
Tags: bus, coffee, fukuoka, kyushu, transportation
Fri, 13 Sep 2002 | By packlightwalkslow | Views [947]
The great earthquake of 1995 measured a 7.2 on the Richter Scale and occurred early in the morning of January 17, 1995. The origin was about 14 km below the surface and displaced the land in parts of Awaji Island 2 meters laterally and up to 1.2 meters ... Read more >
Tags: japan, sightseeing
Wed, 16 Jul 2008 | By roxyfish | Views [744]
Yes, another update - going for a record! Saturday night found me at the movies watching a chick flick (yes, I'm sorry world but it had to be done - I had been hanging out for Kungfu Panda for too long so I chose a movie that had Western actors in it ... Read more >
Tue, 20 Oct 2009 | By abcarlson | Views [740]
To the Okinawa Aquarium, of course! We had a lot of fun showing Mama around the Aquarium and taking her to the ever-changing dolphin show (it's always completely in Japanese but we've never seen the same show twice!) When we got back from our trip ... Read more >
Mon, 21 Jan 2008 | By foxba2s2on | Views [674]
After a long and needless to say stressful trip we have made it into Japan. Our first flight out on Friday was canceled and we had to go back to Carthage until Saturday only to push back our tours a day. Marissa passed out on the first flight within ... Read more >
Tags: Airports
Thu, 28 May 2015 | By travelerdiaryinusa | Views [588] | Scholarship Entry
Yebisu Garden Place is a tiny place in the huge capital of Tokyo. “Oh my god this it is the place in Hana Yori Dango!!” this is the knowledge of every young people who know the drama. To me it is just a beautiful and a quiet place. When I was looking ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Mon, 21 Jul 2014 | By pcube | Views [555]
Away from the scintillating neon lights of Tokyo’s futuristic mega structures and the well trodden, history-seeped lanes of Kyoto, lies a small town on the Pacific coast: Minamisanriku, a haven for both family holidayers and backpackers. Facing ... Read more >
Tags: beaches, sunrise, sunset
Thu, 5 Mar 2015 | By coutureb | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Ingredients 2 cups dried (or 3 cups fresh) Hijiki seaweed <can substitute Arame> 3 T soy sauce 3 T rice vinegar 2 T sesame oil 1 T sake 1 t honey ½ t red pepper flakes 1 cup shredded carrot ¼ cup thinly sliced green onions 2 t grated ginger 1 ...
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Tags: 2015 Passport & Plate: SRI LANKA
Sun, 23 Jun 2013 | By chicagoguy | Photo Gallery
On my way to Chiang Mai
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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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Sun, 31 Jan 2010 | By abcarlson | Photo Gallery
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