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Mission Complete...Onto the Sumo!

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 | By jamesanddan | Views [2562]

After a long old Train ride we made it to Sendai in the North of Honshu, where the final Japanese `wonder` (the Shrine at Hiroshima and Amanohashidate were the other two) awaited us at Matsushima! After checking in, we took a stroll around the city, ... Read more >

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Dirty-Fuji-30

Sat, 20 Sep 2014 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [1406]

The bus dropped me at the 5th station, and I immediately felt the difference in both temperature and oxygen level. I had to dress warmer and breathe deeper. I came early today because in the off-season there are only two buses a day from Tokyo. I was ... Read more >

The Streetcar

Mon, 13 Nov 2006 | By dan_in_japan | Views [1377] | Comments [5]

New picture folder, "Autumn". My student once told me that the Tokyo streetcar is, "a modern miracle". I told him not to get so carried away, what with rail travel being a staple form of transportation worldwide for the last century ... Read more >

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The Flower and Willow World Part 2 (Kyoto and back to Tokyo)

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 | By lillywanders | Views [817] | Comments [1]

Day 3 - Kyoto (cont.) In my original post, I didn't explain the title, as I ran out of time. It comes from what I spent the evening learning about. One of the most striking images of Japan is always that of the geisha, white faced, serene and dressed ... Read more >

Japan Summary: July 25th - Aug 4th

Sun, 3 Aug 2008 | By lockers | Views [667] | Comments [2]

Tokyo - Kamakura - Kawaguchiko - Kyoto - Nara - Hiroshima - Miyajima - Narita - Nikko - Tokyo SOME HIGHLIGHTS - Night views of Tokyo from a skyscraper. - Seeing a Japanese wedding in Tokyo. - Seeing Mt. Fuji at dawn from Mt. Tenjo. - Stumbling ... Read more >

Tokyo K's House

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 | By daniel | Views [528]

The first three nights in Tokyo, I stayed in K's house, a hostel in the Kuramae area of the city. The hostel was pretty clean and the staff were extremely helpfull and friendly. The hostel is a relatively easy journey on the subway and about 10 minutes ... Read more >

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Meeting Ichiro Sekiguchi at Cafe de L'Ambre

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By | Views [516] | Scholarship Entry

Kurosawa’s cinema and Mishima’s writings attracted me to Japan since the early 1980’s. Through the years, more and more reasons kept pulling me towards Japan. I became increasingly interested in the theatre form known as Noh. During my years living in ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship

Photos: Tokyo

Sat, 7 Jan 2017 | By caessar_aug | Photo Gallery


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Photos: Japan 2018

Sat, 4 Aug 2018 | By shaz | Photo Gallery


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Photos: My Scholarship Entry, "Geisha - Artists of the Floating World"

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 ... Read more >
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Photos: Japan/Thailand 2013

Tue, 19 Nov 2013 | By zioned | Photo Gallery

Vacation!
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Gallery: last breath of tokyo air

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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Gallery: Japan

Fri, 9 May 2008 | By markr_mcmahon | Photo Gallery


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Photos: Kristin & Lee

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 | By abcarlson | Photo Gallery


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Photos: Japan

Tue, 5 Apr 2011 | By megh05 | Photo Gallery


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