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Tokyo, Japan

Sat, 13 Sep 2014 | By lmatejak99 | Views [702] | Comments [1]

After four awesome days in Kyoto, Blair and I take the bullet train back to Tokyo. The ride is just under three hours and goes through beautiful, mountainous regions covered in lush green forests. Off in the distance we catch an unobstructed ... Read more >

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

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 | By lillywanders | Views [568] | 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 >

How do you address the spirits of dead nobility?

Thu, 4 Feb 2016 | By kakimono | Views [291]

On Thursday we actually started Tobira. Which meant I finally had a good reason to be carrying around 800+ pages of Japanese textbooks. The rest of the week must have just been for strength building or something like that. We’d all messed ... Read more >

Tags: ghosts, honorifics, japanese, spirituality

Gunkanjima

Mon, 25 May 2015 | By haroldnyc | Views [144] | Scholarship Entry

Every tourist visits Tokyo and Kyoto and Japan's reputation as a destination for top-notch religious sights, exceptional food, and quirky modern consumerism is well known. However, Japan has long been an industrial powerhouse and is on the forefront of ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship

Gallery: Ball game in Fukuoka & Kumamoto

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 | By bundynbeaches | Photo Gallery

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Photos: Halloween

Mon, 1 Nov 2010 | By abcarlson | Photo Gallery

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Photos: Japan

Sat, 21 May 2011 | By elishacurcio | Photo Gallery

Japan
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Photos: Tokyo

Fri, 24 Oct 2014 | By vagabondstoo | Photo Gallery

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Photos: My Scholarship entry - Tokyo to Kyoto: A very Japanese adventure

Fri, 31 Oct 2014 | By nickjackson | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Japan is a country I’ve always wanted to travel to. I wanted to learn more about the culture, visit the ancient temples and see the beautiful cherry blossom first hand. The latter seemed a good place to start my research as my trip would be timed perfectly ... Read more >
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Tags: 2014 travel photography scholarship, asia, asian, fuji, geisha, japan, japanese, kyoto, mount, tokyo

My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

Wed, 9 Jan 2013 | By ohana | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Dear Travel Photography Scholarship Team, I would like to introduce myself.My name is Pasri Haryati, female 32 years old Indonesian. Since I graduated from nursing school,I passionated to find something new outside of my living, travel is my activity.... Read more >
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Tags: Travel Photography Scholarship 2012

Photos: Tokyo

Tue, 1 Apr 2014 | By tash | Photo Gallery

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Photos: Japan/ Trip to Japan

Tue, 27 May 2014 | By ciel | Photo Gallery

It was a trip from couple of years ago, and some of the photos were lost. However, everything still seems so visible from memory :)
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Tags: golden pavilion, japan, kinkakuji temple, kobe, kyomizu temple, kyoto, osaka