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Sun, 5 Oct 2008 | By bundynbeaches | Views [1912]
Tacked on to the end of the Hiroshima trip we got a ferry across to the Miajima (I hope I spelt that right) Shrine. It's a very popular, and famous shrine in Japan because the gate is in the sea and the temple is built on platforms on sandflats that ... Read more >
Tags: bridge, eating, shrine, vending machine, waterfall
Tue, 26 May 2009 | By treefrog | Views [1849]
Japanese people take their sports activities very seriously, and baseball is no exception, it’s a very big event for them. I got 2 season tickets to the Giants vs. Swallows game held at Tokyo dome as a present from one of my students.
The ... Read more >
Tags: baseball, janaline smalman, japan, tokyo, travel
Sun, 23 Jun 2013 | By chicagoguy | Views [1002] | Comments [3]
Narita Airport, Japan - Bangkok -Chiang Mai : OK, we’ve all been there. Traveling around Europe or Japan or just going to the local Home Depot and the question comes to mind: “How do I use the bidet?” (That mini toilet ... Read more >
Wed, 18 Mar 2009 | By joblogs | Views [913]
We left Japan
last month in the snow and returned today to a balmy 22 degrees and sunshine. Spring
has arrived! Takes the edge off being home at least. I thought my last blog entry should be about
things I will miss about the Philippines.... Read more >
Tue, 23 Oct 2012 | By chubipower | Views [695]
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, 27 Oct 2008 | By peter_allen | Views [654]
I am back at work unexpectedly. This morning I was supposed to visit another school for ALT day, but last night I got a phone call saying it had been cancelled due to the death of a teacher, not good news anyway you look at it. I was in Tokyo on the ... Read more >
Tue, 16 Feb 2016 | By kakimono | Views [647]
It’s been awhile since I’ve given you a Japanese lesson, so I think it’s time for another one. Slight disclaimer here that this lesson has absolutely nothing to do with what we were learning about in Japanese class, but those were ... Read more >
Tags: cards, games, grammar, japanese, past
Thu, 19 Jun 2014 | By emmac_5 | Views [471]
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
Sun, 5 Oct 2014 | By vagabondstoo | Photo Gallery
Kyoto and Around
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Fri, 28 Jun 2013 | By | 
Flickr Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Okay. So I have this internal confession that I believe that I'm this utterly inept photographer. Correction. I'm an utterly inept freelance photographer. The shortcomings in my skills, or knowledge, or most likely my ego are exasperating this belief ...
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Tags: Travel Photography Scholarship 2013
Mon, 22 Apr 2024 | By graynomadsusa | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 24 Jun 2007 | By jamesanddan | Photo Gallery
Our first view of Japan
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Tue, 24 Jul 2007 | By jamesanddan | Photo Gallery
The `Big Climb`
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Sat, 31 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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