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Sat, 21 Jun 2008 | By jeffbrad | Views [2083]
Well it's nearly time to hit the road again and head far east to Tokyo . The day before setting off was a bit of a blur, and seemed to vanish before my very eyes. Last minute tweaks to my back-pack, sorting stuff out, putting things away etc. It was ... Read more >
Mon, 28 Jul 2008 | By peter_allen | Views [1006] | Comments [5]
We arrived in Tokyo at 7 am Sunday morning. I didn't sleep much on the overnight flight over, but got a couple of hours sleep when we got to the hotel. I was lucky to get a room with only one other person, another Aussie going to the same prefecture.... Read more >
Fri, 22 Aug 2014 | By clare-tamea | Views [926]
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
Sun, 18 May 2008 | By kimbo46 | Views [744]
Hello! Yesterday I got on my first Shinkansen (bullet train) and came to Kyoto from Tokyo. They aren't kidding when they call it a bullet train, those things are FAST! You can't even really look out the window because its all a big blur. The train ... Read more >
Mon, 30 Jul 2018 | By chloebruce | Views [654]
It has rained all day today. Being the UK that shouldn’t be even worthy of mention, but it is the relieving cleanse of heavy rain after an uneasy prolonged heatwave, so with relief I say, it has rained all day today. Whenever it rains now, I mean ... Read more >
Tags: arashiyama, female empowerment, japan, kyoto, onsen
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 | By parisephone | Views [547] | Comments [1]
So as I expected I've been very sick the whole time I've been here. For those who know me this is not a surprise lol. What makes it worse is were in a hostel with paper thin walls and no heating. So each day I feel I wake up worse than the day before.... Read more >
Wed, 29 Jan 2014 | By kpow | Views [543]
I'll make the JR Pass the first story, even though I've told most of you about it by now. I still haven't posted many pictures or really given details so here they are! Well, basic ones anyway, there are too many places to give you a full account of ... Read more >
Tags: japan, railpass
Thu, 15 May 2014 | By | Views [382] | Scholarship Entry
A cascade of copper ribbons ripple across this meditative stature and, as though with conscious action, leave from each arced finger to coiled hair knots unperturbed. He is of a name, yet bears no identity; its presence spoken in hushed chiming and wide ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 travel writing scholarship - euro roadtrip
Sat, 22 Feb 2014 | By theextraordinarylifeoftomatoes | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Ingredients 5 cups chicken or vegetable broth (40 fluid ounces) 1 cup water 1 pound thin to medium asparagus 1 tablespoon olive oil 1/2 stick (1/4 cup) unsalted butter 3/4 pound fresh shiitake mushrooms, (stems set aside) and caps cut into 1/4-inch-...
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Tags: passport & plate: italy 2014
Fri, 27 Mar 2015 | By gnome-san | Photo Gallery
The first two days
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Tags: coffee, temple
Tue, 8 Nov 2011 | By magudo | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
These photos represent a little part of my last days living in Japan last year, they show the night climbing and later breathtaking sunrise at the top of the Mount Fuji.
My name is Juan Agudo and I am a Spanish engineer specialized in marketing whose ...
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Tags: japan, matsuri, mount fuji, yukatas
Fri, 3 Feb 2012 | By shannarchy | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 14 Jan 2013 | By asfalttango | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
I'm an observer always looking for something. Mainly, as sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote, how to: “escape from the commonplaces of existence”. Passionate and pretty much interested in everything. I'm a restless soul that has been running from one shooting ...
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Tags: travel photography scholarship 2012
Wed, 3 Jul 2013 | By irinaearnshaw | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Outside the bathroom in my family home are shelves of National Geographics, bowing under the weight of nearly 100 years of issues. I don’t think that my parents could have predicted the hunger for travel and photography that they would give me – there’s ...
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