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X JAPAN World Tour: Live in Yokohama ~ August 14, 2010

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 | By kurenai | Views [4615] | Comments [1]

X Japan FEVER: Live in YOKOHAMA ~ 2010.08.14 I consider myself blessed to have not only been able to visit the hide Museum (while it was open), go to both the X Japan Reunion concert in 2008 and the 10 th anniversary hide Memorial Summit ... Read more >

Tags: concert, japan, jrock, live, tokyo, visual kei, x japan, yokohama

Kokubunji

Wed, 24 Jan 2007 | By dan_in_japan | Views [3308] | Comments [6]

Today was the last day of my 9 month contract teaching at Kokubunji High School. I had a great time teaching here, and if it wasn't for the length of time travelling and some other minor things, I probably would have taken them up on the offer of an ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

My FIRST Baseball experience in Tokyo-Japan

Tue, 26 May 2009 | By treefrog | Views [1851]

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

Birthday, Christmas, End of year party, New Year Party....

Tue, 26 Dec 2006 | By dan_in_japan | Views [1434]

December certainly is the month of parties in Japan. Notwithstanding that I had my birthday party, coupled with Anders' leaving party, the locals also celebrate Christmas day, End of Year, (called Bonenkai) Beginning of year (shin-nenkai) and the usual ... Read more >

Tags: Party time

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

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 | By lillywanders | Views [800] | 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 >

Friday 15 - Monday 18

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 | By peter_allen | Views [798] | Video

Friday: The last day of Gunma orientation. Mostly it was a day of Japanese culture workshops. I would have liked a wider range, there were no visual arts for example, some calligraphy or sumi ink painting would have been nice. Instead there were ... Read more >

Diving 10th Feb

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 | By roxyfish | Views [735]

Well I finally did it. I finally jumped back in the water again as a scuba diver after 3 years and 4 months of staying 'dry'. Why have I wasted so much time?! Scuba diving is fantastic and I love it and well lets just say I caught the diving bug ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors

Yebisu GardenPlace

Thu, 28 May 2015 | By travelerdiaryinusa | Views [581] | Scholarship Entry

Yebisu Garden Place is a tiny place in the huge capital of Tokyo. “Oh my god this it is the place in Hana Yori Dango!!” this is the knowledge of every young people who know the drama. To me it is just a beautiful and a quiet place. When I was looking ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship

Arrival

Sat, 14 Sep 2013 | By larrydressler | Views [392]

The flight with Singapore Airlines was twelve hours of customer service bliss. This is clearly a company that has decided genuine smiling matters and grumpiness has no place in a service business. I have never felt more taken care of ... Read more >

Photos: Passport & Plate - Farmer's Okonomiyaki

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 ... Read more >
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