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Tue, 31 Jul 2007 | By jamesanddan | Views [1973] | Comments [4]
So.... After a wonderful 6 weeks in Japan, we arrived in Tokyo for our last 4 days! All I can say is that i'm glad we didn't do it first, it would have diminished our view of Japan.... Tokyo was OK, nothing spectacular, just OK! We were expecting Hong ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Fri, 24 Apr 2015 | By vivi_and_robrob | Views [1519] | Comments [2]
Hello, Helo, Hola and Konnichiwa!
We are here in Japan and loving it, here are a few of the things that have happened so far..
Walking like a zombie pack horse from the redeye flight from Colombo, Sri Lanka, towards the immigration desk, ... Read more >
Tags: action, advntrs, japan, japan2015, tokyo
Sun, 21 Sep 2008 | By bundynbeaches | Views [1206] | Comments [4]
Hiroshima is well known as the city where the first Atomic bomb was dropped but it isn't until you visit the site and see some of the preserved ruins that you can get a real feel for what these people went through.
Listening to the Last Post ... Read more >
Tags: a bomb, memorial, war
Sun, 28 Jun 2009 | By ladydowse | Views [907] | Comments [1]
Ok, hello. I’m going
to be all post-modern now and blog about my insufficient blogging. Wooo- using
my degree! (I feel like this is a fairly unique statement in the current
climate- go me!)
So. No blogging. Well,
I’m afraid to say I’ve ... Read more >
Tags: bubbles, chanting bugs, love, rice, snow domes
Sat, 26 Sep 2015 | By monika | Views [827]
All Vulcanusians spent their first night in a nice hotel in Tokyo. When I arrived in the evening my roommate Veronika was already there and almost sleeping. I took a quick shower (which felt like paradise), took the room key and met the others, who had ... Read more >
Tags: busy, first days, getting settled
Sun, 7 Oct 2007 | By brentoc | Views [799] | Comments [1]
I ended up in a tent on a lake shore, only a few other people around and a few trees leaning to the sun. Not bad for a destination that i didnt really know anything about! :)
I had been in Kobe city for a couple of days, catching up with Josh & Sue ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Sat, 31 Jan 2015 | By australian_ohime | Views [749]
August 2013 - trip for two booked to Japan. December 2013 - breakup. It started off with no intention to travel alone then of course things change, so I decided to pluck up the courage and go alone to Japan. At the time it was mainly to show everyone ... Read more >
Tags: japan, japan rail pass, kayaking, novice traveller, solo travel, thrifty travel
Tue, 23 Oct 2012 | By chubipower | Views [689]
My first glimpse of Osaka is a mass of brownish buildings on a vast piece of flat land... curiously tucked amidst mountainous region and weaving rivers. My 6 hour 25 minute flight to Kansai International Airport was the quietest I ever sat on. There ... Read more >
Tags: japan, kansai, kyoto, nara, osaka
Sun, 18 Oct 2009 | By asami | Views [513] | Comments [1]
Hello friends, It's time for my travel blog again! I got laid off from my job on Oct 1st, so I extended my Japan vacation to include more of Asia -- Thailand, Hong Kong, Laos and Vietnam -- for a total of 64 days. I always try to do some extended ... Read more >
Sun, 4 Jul 2010 | By abcarlson | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 6 Nov 2011 | By zoeaarcher | 
Flickr Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
I’ve always believed that the best way of learning is by doing.
And yet, I somehow find myself stuck in lectures most days a week. This is not to say I’m not appreciative of the opportunities university offers, but I cannot deny that 99% of the time ...
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Tags: #2011wnphoto, travel photography scholarship 2011
Fri, 3 Feb 2012 | By shannarchy | Photo Gallery
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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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Sat, 8 Mar 2014 | By thyme2be | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Ingredients:
1.5 c Flour
1c Dashi (instant packets or substitute any fish broth)
1t salt
1t baking powder
2t sugar
1lb cabbage, chopped into quarter inch slices
3 green onions, chopped
3 eggs
¼c vegetable oil
1/2lb pork belly, thinly sliced
Optional ...
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