Destination: Japan
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Mon, 22 Dec 2014 | By margaretsw | Views [4486]
From Hello Kitty to Mary the cat who loves boxes, Japanese have shown the world that their fascination with the four-legged creatures knows no boundaries. So, it was only a matter of time for marketeers to take advantage ... Read more >
Tags: cats, japan, tokyo, tourism
Sun, 18 Jun 2017 | By sorkoo | Views [1268]
Our adventure feels like it has now begun. We have left the comfort and relaxation of Hawaii and the US and have arrived in Tokyo, Japan! This city is huge. We decided to stay in Shibuya which is like the Times Square of NYC. Lots of people and lots ... Read more >
Tags: city, food, temples
Fri, 22 Aug 2014 | By clare-tamea | Views [931]
We decided to take a walk up a holy mountain, Ishizuchi-san, the highest mountain in western Japan (1982 metres), whilst we were in Shikoku. A cable car takes you up part of the way, then a stepped path leads up past shrines to the summit. There ... Read more >
Tags: ishizuchi, trekking in japan
Sat, 10 Sep 2011 | By damonlk | Views [772]
Tokyo felt hardly strange. This makes no sense. The population of the city alone exceeds that of Australia. It is crowded, densely packed, perpetually on the go. Shop signs and hoardings are written in mix of three impenetrable alphabets. This, after ... Read more >
Wed, 6 Nov 2013 | By adamjbianchi | Views [748] | Comments [1] | Video | Scholarship Entry
This is Adam and Josh, we met while studying abroad. With both of us in film school it was only natural that we would start filming our experiences. We quickly realized that traditional travel shows don’t show experiences a typical traveler would encounter.... Read more >
Tags: Travel Film Scholarships 2013
Sat, 6 Apr 2013 | By spanishflavour | Views [509] | 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
Mon, 15 Dec 2008 | By wandering-bear-nomad-mike | Views [504]
Anxious and excited we boarded the new A380 for the next leg of our journey, leaving the cooler climbs of Japan behind and entering the tropical Malaysian island of Singapore. Singapore is a vast city which consumes most of this 242 square mile island ... Read more >
Tue, 23 Aug 2011 | By dyaver | Views [465]
Sitting in Tokyo airport waiting for flight to Bangkok. Can't wait to get there.
Wed, 19 Sep 2007 | By roxyfish | Views [424]
ONe word - hectic! the Kansai region from what I`ve seen of it is lovely - sorry pictures will come next time. Have moved into my little apartment and feel like my whole life I`ve been working towards going to Japan - very weird. Food has been interesting.... Read more >
Tags: Work
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
Sat, 7 Jan 2017 | By caessar_aug | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 22 Apr 2024 | By graynomadsusa | Photo Gallery
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Fri, 10 Oct 2008 | By alexito_nz | Photo Gallery
Nice and tidy place and very polite people, however its very expensive country! Still, Highly recommended :)
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Fri, 3 Feb 2012 | By shannarchy | Photo Gallery
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