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Sun, 18 Jan 2009 | By kurenai | Views [4189] | Comments [1]
My thoughts of Japan throughout the past year of living here; the good, the bad, the strange and ugly. Japan is a land of extremes: from
the obsessive otaku s to the overly
frilly maid café dresses, the made-up high school girls with their ... Read more >
Tags: concert, culture, festival, japan, living, teaching, travel
Fri, 21 May 2010 | By noflyzone | Views [1920]
Here we are, over one month into our journey and three quarters of the way into a 12 hr train ride from Danang to Nha Thrang. So far, not flying feels like a good decision. Some of the travel has been uncomfortable, but mostly we've enjoyed the slowly ... Read more >
Tags: castles, hot springs, japan, trains
Tue, 13 May 2014 | By | Views [1247] | Scholarship Entry
Imagine a theatre play that can cost you a life! A split second of natural entertainment that makes skyscrapers and bridges swing and bend in the big cities. When the metro cars are put on hold and millions of people emerge on the deserted streets as ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
Fri, 14 Aug 2009 | By koudee | Views [1046] | Comments [2]
A electric tingle shot down my fingers as I rolled the choice over in my mind. What would happen if my parents found out!? "Its japan, no~one has to know .". I felt the anticipation reach across my gut and tighten. "You’re growing up"... Read more >
Tags: gundam, japan, tokyo
Mon, 15 Jun 2009 | By abcarlson | Views [966]
[Arielle's birthday!] My 26 th birthday was very happy, indeed! It began with a voicemail from my parents and grandparents singing happy birthday to me and continued with visiting with my parents and Aunt Amy and Gary Joe on Skype and getting another ... Read more >
Sun, 31 Jul 2011 | By lillywanders | Views [809] | 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 >
Sun, 18 Apr 2010 | By abcarlson | Views [780] | Video
Google fairly recently let you generate your own Google search story, so I thought I would create my own and share it with you all. Below is a link to the original Google Super Bowl ad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnsSUqgkDwU
Sat, 10 Sep 2011 | By damonlk | Views [762]
Tokyo felt hardly strange. This makes no sense. The population of the city alone exceeds that of Australia. It is crowded, densely packed, perpetually on the go. Shop signs and hoardings are written in mix of three impenetrable alphabets. This, after ... Read more >
Wed, 29 Jan 2014 | By kpow | Views [543]
I'll make the JR Pass the first story, even though I've told most of you about it by now. I still haven't posted many pictures or really given details so here they are! Well, basic ones anyway, there are too many places to give you a full account of ... Read more >
Tags: japan, railpass
Tue, 23 Aug 2011 | By dyaver | Views [459]
Sitting in Tokyo airport waiting for flight to Bangkok. Can't wait to get there.
Wed, 23 Jan 2013 | By aryan524 | Views [280]
While writing my thesis, I promised myself to go somewhere faraway when it's done. After months of being the first girl in but the last girl out of the campus doing my thesis, I packed my bags and head to the winter wonderland of Japan, Hokkaido.... Read more >
Thu, 21 May 2015 | By | Views [220] | Scholarship Entry
My first time in Japan and it was for work! I promised myself I’d make the most it and took a couple of extra days. I made it through the 12 hour flight and embarked on a whirlwind of sightseeing. After two days in non-stop crowds with sticky humidity ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Sat, 31 Oct 2009 | By abcarlson | Photo Gallery
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Tue, 28 May 2013 | By | 
Flickr Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
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
Fri, 5 Jul 2013 | By monicalin | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Only to discover the interest in travel photography four years ago at the age of 26, it is quite impossible to go back to school for photography courses with a full time job. Yet with more and more travelling experiences, I got more and more addicted ...
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