Destination: Japan
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Sun, 18 Jan 2009 | By kurenai | Views [4192] | 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
Sun, 9 Jun 2013 | By fartandbelch | Views [1619]
Jetstar did it this time. They advertised return airfares from Sydney to Osaka at a very cheap rate. $1371 for both tickets all inclusive. (taxes etc)
So we looked at what timeshares we could get in Japan. Thankfully there was a week available in ... Read more >
Sun, 1 Aug 2010 | By yoshi | Views [857] | Comments [5]
Dogs in pajamas in strollers, piped music on public streets, the smell of takoyaki hanging in the balmy air, the incessant chatter of cicadas, the random old men who stop their bikes just to tell me it's "atsui!" (hot), people on loudspeakers ... Read more >
Tags: back in osaka
Sun, 31 Jul 2011 | By lillywanders | Views [810] | 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 >
Fri, 17 Aug 2007 | By brentoc | Views [778]
First, a disclaimer of sorts... this might not be a fun story to read, but i wanted to write about some problems here... So not everything in Japan has been amazing & fun on this trip... Every day at the beach i was reminded of a problem which i ... Read more >
Tags: The Great Outdoors
Fri, 12 Sep 2008 | By peter_allen | Views [746] | Comments [1]
Today our school was visited by students and staff from Nishimachi International School in Tokyo. The came up on a bus trip and spent a couple of hours with our students, either playing table tennis in the gym or dong an experiment in the science lab.... Read more >
Tue, 23 Oct 2012 | By chubipower | Views [705]
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
Mon, 30 Jul 2018 | By chloebruce | Views [655]
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
Fri, 17 Aug 2012 | By loulevick | Views [516]
It's official now, so I feel like I'm allowed to let people know. I got the visa, and in less than a week, I'll be flying to China for two weddings. Xin & Susan are Chinese, but reside in Brisbane, Australia. They are returning to China and will ... Read more >
Tags: wedding
Thu, 15 May 2008 | By kimbo46 | Photo Gallery
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Tue, 19 Jan 2010 | By abcarlson | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 1 Nov 2010 | By abcarlson | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 22 Apr 2024 | By graynomadsusa | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 31 Dec 2012 | By ryantandya | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
I am a passionate illustrator by trade, however I've always enjoyed photography a lot.
Aside from being tremendously helpful used as references for drawing, photographs have been helping me see things. Be it places I've never been before, historical ...
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Wed, 4 Mar 2015 | By dewolfe001 | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Ingredients short grain rice vinegar mirin sugar salt salmon tuna avocado egg crab spinach Japanese mayo nori
How to prepare this recipe First, I make the short grain rice-- a ratio of 2:3 rice: water. When it is cooked, I add in the ...
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