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Mon, 7 Mar 2011 | By abcarlson | Views [2686]
We've had a lovely 2+ years on WorldNomads. It's been a time of getting married in Jamaica, moving to a foreign country, exploring Japanese culture, cuisine, and customs; as well as lots of traveling around Okinawa, mainland Japan, Sapporo, and Italy.... Read more >
Sat, 13 Sep 2014 | By lmatejak99 | Views [1057] | Comments [1]
After four awesome days in Kyoto, Blair and I take the bullet train back to Tokyo. The ride is just under three hours and goes through beautiful, mountainous regions covered in lush green forests. Off in the distance we catch an unobstructed ... Read more >
Mon, 17 Nov 2008 | By wandering-bear-nomad-mike | Views [733] | Comments [1]
Whilst waiting to board the 'ferrari' of trains! Honestly I never thought I would say a train was sexy!! Such a silent, streamline train, that literally sighs as it starts and stops, in between its 170mph stints!!! A line of pink and blue clothed ladies ... Read more >
Fri, 11 Jun 2010 | By miso | Views [662]
Well I got into my first hotel 11pm last night, now I'm here in Ueno.. or what I can make of it. Perhaps I was spoiled. My last hotel in Narita (right across from Narita Station) = the Comfort Hotel, was like a 17000 Yen hotel in Higashi Shinjuku. ... Read more >
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Mon, 30 Jul 2018 | By chloebruce | Views [658]
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
Tue, 12 May 2015 | By | Views [248] | Scholarship Entry
It was cold, it was dark, and I couldn't speak Japanese. We had spent an emotionally grueling day exploring the harrowing atomic bomb museum in Hiroshima, followed by a trip to the venerable island of Miyajima, with its solemn wild deer. Now it was ... Read more >
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Wed, 2 Jan 2008 | By annielovett | Photo Gallery
New Year's Weekend
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Wed, 26 Mar 2008 | By courge | Photo Gallery
Japan
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Wed, 30 Jun 2010 | By yoshi | Photo Gallery
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Tue, 12 Oct 2010 | By davewell | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
During my travels to Japan last year I was struck by an under current of loneliness that I found evident in many of the larger cities. As a visitor to these megatropolises, I often felt lost and isolated amongst the daily ritual of working and living....
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Sat, 21 May 2011 | By elishacurcio | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 14 Jan 2013 | By follow_my_boots | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Photography is, for me, being an observer, watch, see and feel. That is why I have chosen to travel and explore the world, the nature, the culture, the people. I just want to memorize and capture an instant, sharing it with other, showing what they can't ...
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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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Fri, 24 Oct 2014 | By vagabondstoo | Photo Gallery
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