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2010 Travel Writing Scholarship - THE WINNER!!!

Fri, 8 Jan 2010 | By scholarships | Views [41159] | Comments [4]

Simon Richmond, from RoughGuides.com Announces the Winner What a privilege it was being offered the chance to judge ... Read more >

Visiting Tokyo's finest

Fri, 24 Nov 2006 | By dan_in_japan | Views [2373] | Comments [1]

So I had the pleasure of heading down to the local police station a few weeks ago because my bike got stolen. I kind of inherited the bike from another guy who had gone back to America, so I wasn't too destroyed over it, but it was still a wrench to ... Read more >

Tags: Scams & Robberies

Chapter 1: Tokyo Drift.

Sun, 18 Feb 2007 | By bjw_uk | Views [1231] | Comments [4]

So its taken a while to get online… and if you’ve been salivating with anticipation for the journalistic genius coming you’re way then read on. If not and you only clicked on the link by mistake then sign off and no hard feelings (bear in mind, however, ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

hiking and potential scuba diving!

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 | By roxyfish | Views [725]

Well to everyone reading my online journal - Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. This year is Chinese year of the rat. So all you rats out there aren't you the lucky ones! Adventures since I last wrote. Christmas was a work day over here in Japan ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Visiting the Land of the Sun

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 | By chubipower | Views [705]

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

tokyo

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 | By hannah-may | Views [692]

a place of contradictions - you must not smoke whilst walking, but feel free to cycle on the footpath without a helmet!

Tags: Sightseeing

Living out my dream

Tue, 13 May 2014 | By | Views [232] | Scholarship Entry

Last year, my mother suggested a mother-daughter bonding trip and we chose to venture to Japan, a country I love for its great food and culture! We started off with Kyoto. It has a rustic charm, and every shrine had its own unique characteristic. Some ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip

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