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Nomads on the Road - Alicia Explores Japan

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 | By nomads-news | Views [4645]

Alicia Smith is the Programs Marketing Manager at World Nomads and recently returned from adventures on the road. Where did you go? I went to Japan. We had 10 days to explore so decided to just pick two cities and spend some time getting to know ... Read more >

Tags: food, japan, kyoto, nomads on the road, tokyo, travel

31st: Otoko Matsuri- PRIDE GP

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 | By dan_in_japan | Views [4274]

(New pictures in Christmas folder) Firstly, Happy New Year! I hope that your 2007 is going well and that already it is better than your 2006- I recently (7th) had my 1 year anniversary here in Japan- I can't believe that a ... Read more >

Tags: Adrenaline

Day 167: More temples in Nara

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 | By markr_mcmahon | Views [980]

Sunday 20th April All of us were clearly tired and we didn't get up until later than planned, putting paid to our intentions of going further afield to the temples of Koyasan, a couple of hours away from Osaka. Instead, we chose to make a trip ... Read more >

Visiting the Land of the Sun

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 | By chubipower | Views [710]

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

TIFF and things

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 | By peter_allen | Views [668]

I am back at work unexpectedly. This morning I was supposed to visit another school for ALT day, but last night I got a phone call saying it had been cancelled due to the death of a teacher, not good news anyway you look at it. I was in Tokyo on the ... Read more >

A Local Encounter that Changed my Perspective - Viva Shinjuku!

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

Through the womb of Buddha

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

Gallery: Terminataaa

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 | By peter_allen | Photo Gallery

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Photos: Imo & Mochi

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 | By abcarlson | Photo Gallery

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Photos: Asakusa

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 | By dkky | Photo Gallery

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My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

Tue, 8 Jan 2013 | By thomasgordon | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Photography is a very big interest of mine. "A picture tells a thousand words", doesn't quite cover the depth of expressionism that a single photograph can have on a person. I have always taken a fond interest of photography as it seems quite natural ... Read more >
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Tags: Travel Photography Scholarship 2012