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The Streetcar

Mon, 13 Nov 2006 | By dan_in_japan | Views [1356] | Comments [5]

New picture folder, "Autumn". My student once told me that the Tokyo streetcar is, "a modern miracle". I told him not to get so carried away, what with rail travel being a staple form of transportation worldwide for the last century ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

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

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 | By roxyfish | Views [993]

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 >

Soup Soup!

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 | By abcarlson | Views [849]

Megumi and I had a wonderful lunch at Soup Soup on the second floor of Max Furniture and right across from Today!OK. And no, I'm not kidding. We both chose soup sets. I had a bowl of their clam chowder, which was soy based with peas, carrots, onions, ... Read more >

Beaches + Waves + Storms + Fine Cuisine

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 | By brentoc | Views [778]

Well, i tried to post a story a few days ago, but it never got there :( Anyway, i was hunkering down as a typhoon broke over us, with some pretty strong winds and rain & horrendous humidity. I had been out early that morning for a surf with a couple ... Read more >

Tags: Beaches & sunshine

JHS sports day

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 | By peter_allen | Views [689]

junior high school sports day was yesterday, it's a weekday so not as big a family affair, a few mothers came along and the local bigwigs I guess. It was a fun day, not as crazy as the elementary event but that's to be expected. I didn't have any actual ... Read more >

A Local Encounter that Changed my Perspective - Viva Shinjuku!

Sat, 6 Apr 2013 | By spanishflavour | Views [499] | 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

FREE HUGS

Sun, 6 Sep 2015 | By ecb-films | Views [407] | Video | Scholarship Entry

My name is Esperanza Benavides, and the Columbia Travel Scholarship is the optimal path to my career in as diverse Film Director. After graduating Columbia College with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Film & Video, I was an Independent Director and freelancer.... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Film Scholarship to Colombia

Photos: Japan/ Trip to Japan

Tue, 27 May 2014 | By ciel | Photo Gallery

It was a trip from couple of years ago, and some of the photos were lost. However, everything still seems so visible from memory :)
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Tags: golden pavilion, japan, kinkakuji temple, kobe, kyomizu temple, kyoto, osaka

Photos: My Scholarship entry - Magical Human-Animal Connections

Mon, 24 Nov 2014 | By enplim | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Working in the field of Instrumentation and Control, I have been sent to several places across the globe to test instruments other equipment for power plants. During the construction period, where everything was still a mess, we had to crawl through ... Read more >
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Tags: 2014 travel photography scholarship