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Sat, 19 Jun 2010 | By abcarlson | Views [2097]
My wonderful hubby Brandon's birthday is just a few days after mine. He also shares his birthday with my best friend, Joy. Now that is something to celebrate! :) I stopped at our local Japanese bakery and picked up a beautiful white cake for Brandon.... Read more >
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 | By allwelcome | Views [1812]
He was 9 months old when we moved to Japan. His first sentence was 'mitte! oki traku!' (look, a big truck) He went to a Buddhist pre-school. We lived beside the Priest of the near by temple. I remember coming home from work and seeing him on the Priest's ... Read more >
Tags: children
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 | By peter_allen | Views [1645] | Comments [5]
There has been a cold, wet shift in the weather for the last week. Much better than the hot humid days we were having. Summer is far from over though so this probably won't last long, I'm enjoying it though, it hasn't really stopped raining for about ... Read more >
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 | By roxyfish | Views [990]
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 >
Fri, 13 Apr 2007 | By hannah-may | Views [679]
a place of contradictions - you must not smoke whilst walking, but feel free to cycle on the footpath without a helmet!
Tags: Sightseeing
Thu, 28 May 2015 | By travelerdiaryinusa | Views [570] | 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
Thu, 19 Jun 2014 | By emmac_5 | Views [469]
I'm heading home. It might seem like a strange time to begin recording my travel, but this is when the excitement, trepidation, and anticipation begins. To get where I am, I flew over an ocean. To get back to where I began, I'm going to travel by land.... Read more >
Tags: blathering, leaving, life
Wed, 27 May 2015 | By | Views [287] | Scholarship Entry
Japan was not the nonchalant third-world Asia I’d grown to love while living in Thailand. There was efficiency, guardrails and drinkable tap water. And, tour guides with megaphones. The swarms of tourists were tainting my experience and photographs.... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
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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Sun, 28 Jan 2007 | By tonto | 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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Tags: #2010wnphoto, travel photography scholarship 2010
Mon, 1 Nov 2010 | By abcarlson | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 10 Dec 2012 | By jakasantri | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
I'm 22 years old man, a young, wild and free energetic person, who lived his life as fun as he can.
I want to get more experience as a photographer, and absolutely, travel around the world and taking pictures while travelling it's my dream.
And ...
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Tue, 28 May 2013 | By | 
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When I started out in photography, a professional sports photographer friend actually asked me what genre I had interested in. My response was Landscape and the irony of this was that I was born and breed in Singapore - a bustling city with almost zero ...
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Tags: Travel Photography Scholarship 2013