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Kenny's at Plaza House

Fri, 8 Jan 2010 | By abcarlson | Views [1755] | Comments [1]

Megumi and I went out for lunch yesterday at Kenny's, located in Plaza House. Plaza House is a three-story, open-air, small mall on the other side of Kadena. Kenny's is a Japanese restaurant on the third floor. We both ordered off their "lunch ... Read more >

visitor,hiking,surfing,Nara,flower arranging and Kayaking!

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 | By roxyfish | Views [991]

Well so many exciting things have happened since I last wrote on this page. It is hard to know where to start! Well lets start in May... My Mum came over and visited me for 12 days. It was lovely to see her and catch up. We did a lot of going to ... Read more >

Kyoto, Japan

Mon, 8 Sep 2014 | By lmatejak99 | Views [893] | Comments [8]

Our first two days in Kyoto were spent touring around a ton of temples, shrines and palaces. We rented bikes from our hostel, Piece Hostel, for $5 per day and they proved to be a very efficient way to see a huge amount of the city. We biked around for ... Read more >

Tags: food, japan, kyoto, palaces, shrines, temples

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

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 | By lillywanders | Views [792] | 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 >

Otaru

Sun, 11 Aug 2019 | By vagabonds3 | Views [562]

WE HAVE LEFT BOTH RUSSIA AND FRANCISCO BEHIND but it seems we are heading into another, much stronger typhoon, Krosa by name. As we cruise towards our ports on the island of Hokkaido, the captain’s reports of 12 meter seas and 100+ km winds ... Read more >

A Local Encounter that Changed my Perspective - Viva Shinjuku!

Sat, 6 Apr 2013 | By spanishflavour | Views [497] | Scholarship Entry

Shinjuku is one of the twenty-three city wards of Tokyo with a population of over 300 000 and the busiest train station in the world. Hotels, offices, and businesses jostle for space in the densely populated second 'centre' of the city, alongside Japan's ... Read more >

Tags: Travel Writing Scholarship 2013

Through the womb of Buddha

Tue, 26 May 2015 | By | Views [355] | Scholarship Entry

It was the second time I had been to Kiyomizudera. This was one of the places my office spouse and I had decided that no one should miss in Kyoto, and so we took my adopted sister here. Coming here in summer was quite a different deal to visiting Kiyomizu ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship

Friends in high and low places

Sat, 10 May 2014 | By | Views [211] | Scholarship Entry

I had left sleepy Kate at our ryookan to embark on a casual night stroll around Golden Gai on the other side of the city, but its famed cosy bars felt like somewhere I needed to be with a friend. I recalled a line from a guidebook that insisted I go to ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip

Photos: A Glimpse of Hiroshima

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 | By thewisenedtraveller | Photo Gallery

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My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

Mon, 7 Jan 2013 | By inaka | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

When I was growing up I used to spend every summer visiting my grandparents in their beautiful redwood house in California. One of the things I most looked forward too was looking through all the National Geographic magazines that my grandfather had ... Read more >
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Tags: Travel Photography Scholarship 2012