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Fri, 8 Jan 2010 | By abcarlson | Views [1755] | Comments [1]

Megumi and I went out for lunch yesterday at Kenny's, located in Plaza House. Plaza House is a three-story, open-air, small mall on the other side of Kadena. Kenny's is a Japanese restaurant on the third floor. We both ordered off their "lunch ... Read more >
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 | By roxyfish | Views [991]
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 >
Mon, 8 Sep 2014 | By lmatejak99 | Views [893] | Comments [8]
Our first two days in Kyoto were spent touring around a ton of temples, shrines and palaces. We rented bikes from our hostel, Piece Hostel, for $5 per day and they proved to be a very efficient way to see a huge amount of the city. We biked around for ... Read more >
Tags: food, japan, kyoto, palaces, shrines, temples
Sun, 31 Jul 2011 | By lillywanders | Views [792] | Comments [1]
Day 3 - Kyoto (cont.) In my original post, I didn't explain the title, as I ran out of time. It comes from what I spent the evening learning about. One of the most striking images of Japan is always that of the geisha, white faced, serene and dressed ... Read more >
Sun, 11 Aug 2019 | By vagabonds3 | Views [562]

WE HAVE LEFT BOTH RUSSIA AND FRANCISCO BEHIND but it seems we are heading into another, much stronger typhoon, Krosa by name. As we cruise towards our ports on the island of Hokkaido, the captain’s reports of 12 meter seas and 100+ km winds ... Read more >
Sat, 6 Apr 2013 | By spanishflavour | Views [497] | 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 >
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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 >
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Sat, 10 May 2014 | By | Views [211] | Scholarship Entry
I had left sleepy Kate at our ryookan to embark on a casual night stroll around Golden Gai on the other side of the city, but its famed cosy bars felt like somewhere I needed to be with a friend. I recalled a line from a guidebook that insisted I go to ... Read more >
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Mon, 7 Jan 2013 | By inaka | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
When I was growing up I used to spend every summer visiting my grandparents in their beautiful redwood house in California. One of the things I most looked forward too was looking through all the National Geographic magazines that my grandfather had ...
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Tue, 19 Jan 2010 | By abcarlson | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 1 Nov 2010 | By abcarlson | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 5 Dec 2010 | By aida_aiko | Photo Gallery
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