 | busy busy day!
2004-05-17, Tokyo, Japan. By: frodo24 | | heyhey.... well! sunday was a very quiet day just wandering around the shops near our hotel. monday has been completely different tho! much warmer today ^ 28 degrees. we visited tokyo tower, kokoji te... |
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 | Nara
2004-05-16, Osaka, Japan. By: teresam | | Hellooooo!
Well my other roommate moved back. She seems very cool. A young girl from New Jersey. I went to Nara yesterday on my day off. It was very nice. They have these fat little deer that wonder ... |
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| 6th floor of shiba park in tokyo!
2004-05-15, Tokyo, Japan. By: frodo24 | | Hey hey!!! well, after a very long journey getting here (27 hours of flying time on thai airways....soooo tiring)... we have made it to tokyo. were met by good friend toshi - (from chamber music group... |
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| Getting the hang of it
2004-05-11, Osaka, Japan. By: teresam | | Alright I think Im starting to get the hang of my job here. Its pretty fun actually. Talking to people all day. not bad. Im trying to brush up on my grammer and learn some katakana and hirigana during... |
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| Nova training
2004-05-09, Osaka, Japan. By: teresam | | Hello, So Ive spent a week in training. The training process had me pretty stressed out but my real day today went pretty good. It seemed to be a lot to take in. Lesson planning, all the technology, n... |
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 | Samurai Village - theme park
2001-09-13, Nikko, Japan. By: chrisyx | | This was a mock Samurai Village. You could watch dramas, go on a (not-so-scary) haunted house, throw shurikens and win prizes, shoot arrows and win...(my friend won a mug for me :D), and buy swords. ... |
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| Japanese Shrine
2001-09-13, A Shrine, Japan. By: chrisyx | | This was a shrine, I'm not sure, it could have been in Nikko |
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 | Kyoto
2004-05-02, Osaka, Japan. By: teresam | | Well I guess I went against all the guidebooks recommendations and visited Kyoto during the golden week holidays. Oh well. Im glad I did. It really is a neat city and I have lots more of it to see yet... |
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| Here I am
2004-05-02, Osaka, Japan. By: teresam | | The flight wasnt bad about 11 hours from vancouver. Couple of movies and meals and I was here. I sat next to this irish lad who works at Murphys irish pub in Osaka. Ill have to check it out.
I was... |
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 | tokyo tokyo
2000-09-15, Tokyo, Japan. By: lomotravel | | we have had another awesome few days in Nippon. Firstly the shows on the streets have been awesome, we have met so many contacts. awesome.
also, for those who haven`t heard we met Mr. Marilyn Manso... |
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| rock n roll and pakistan airlines
2000-09-11, shinjuku, Japan. By: lomotravel | | We left a rainy denmark to reach the airport and find out that our flight was delayed.. we then had the worst burger in the world (because the guy making them was talking too much and burnt them all) ... |
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 | Osaka
2003-01-23, Osaka, Japan. By: jason | | Jason in Japan 2001-2003
Christmas and New Year 2002/03
So, what do you do in a country that boasts hundreds of Buddhist and Shinto places of worship? You join the Japanese and get some decoratio... |
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 | Snowy snowy
2003-12-17, Sendai, Japan. By: Lisa | | Hi all. As you can imagine computer access is scarce, but travel with Yogi is going excellently. We've been to Hokkaido and back, seen a HEAP of snow (it was -17 degrees C when we woke up this morni... |
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 | I ate seafood!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)
2003-12-13, Yokohama, Japan. By: Lisa | | Hi all! Another day in lovely sunny Tokyo - you wouldnt know it was winter - today was 13 degrees C and I was walking around Shibuya without even a jersey on! Last night I was taken out for dinner w... |
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 | Dumb things I did
2003-12-12, Toin Gakuen, Japan. By: Lisa | | Hello - me again. Just thought you all might like to know some of the really stupid things Ive done since being back in Japan, cos those are always the most interesting things to hear about, and the ... |
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| First three days in Tokyo and Yokohama
2003-12-12, Yokohama, Japan. By: Lisa | | Hooray for being back here in Japan - it`s amazing how similar and familiar so many things are! I arrived at Narita airport a bit late on Wednesday - there was some engine trouble (one of them was go... |
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 | Sushi for Beginners
2003-10-06, Tokyo, Japan. By: Flyin_scot | |
Moshi Moshi
Konnichiwa from Japan, arrived late last night which meant I stayed
out near the airport, I was surprised to find somewhere, cheap and
cheerful, willing to come and pick me up. I... |
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 | Universal Studios Japan
2002-08-18, Osaka, Japan. By: sbirch | | Universal Studios Japan was a bit of a disappointment as it was just like the one in LA even though it is new. My brother Kevin had just returned from Florida's Universal Studios Park and said it was ... |
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 | Minoh National Park and Inagawa Firework Event
2002-08-17, Ikeda, Japan. By: sbirch | | I took the trains to Minoh Quasi-National Park where I hiked though more beautiful mountains along a stream and found a nice place for my sashimi picnic lunch by the river. I was pleased to find that ... |
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 | Koyoto's Daimonji Okuribi Ritual
2002-08-16, Kyoto, Japan. By: sbirch | | Back to Koyoto by a different train line and arriving in a different station. I made it to Koyoto fine but the station at the other end did not have an information counter and without my English speak... |
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 | Fukuchiyama Dokkoise Festival
2002-08-15, Arima, Japan. By: sbirch | | I ventured even further this time to Arima, a city famous for Japan's oldest hot springs. I hiked to Tsutsumigataki Waterfall Park after taking two accidental detours both times going about an hour up... |
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 | Sacred Deers of Nara and Lantern Festival
2002-08-14, Nara, Japan. By: sbirch | | Encouraged by a wonderful day outside I took off for the town of Nara, famous for the thousands of sacred deer that roam the city. It is a very beautiful city set in the mountains with lots of parks a... |
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 | Forty-eight Falls of Akame
2002-08-13, Akame, Japan. By: sbirch | | The next day I took the train two hours into the country to visit a place called Forty-eight Falls of Akame, where I met two Canadians and an Australian all teaching English in Japan for a year. We hi... |
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 | 1001 Life Size Buddha's
2002-08-11, Kyoto, Japan. By: sbirch | | After three days, I'm getting used to the train and subway system so I'm venturing all the way to Kyoto. Kyoto is a modern metropolitan-city nested in lush green mountains about two hours from Osaka b... |
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 | Ten Days in Japan
2002-08-08, Osaka, Japan. By: sbirch | | I arrived in Japan at 11:00pm without a plan as usual. I quickly figured out the exchange rates, got money from an ATM, checked into the cost of luggage storage, and found an information desk. The vol... |
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