 | Fat Men in a Skinny Man's Country
2008-03-16, Osaka, Japan. By: travelalex | | Yukie took me to see the Sumo grand tournament in Osaka and I must admit that it is a strange and wonderful sport. In a county of skinny people, they find the fattest, chuck them into a ring with onl... |
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 | Is there any city i DON`T get lost in?
2008-03-06, Osaka, Japan. By: Marcus | | my activities of the day consisted of exploring Kyoto, essentially. After rising and having my first shave in at least six days (bliss!) i boldly took to the shinkansen.
arriving in Kyoto, i found ... |
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| Attack of the schoolchildren!
2008-03-06, Osaka, Japan. By: Marcus | | well, i am now in Osaka, having once again gotten lost trying to find my lodgings (though this time i bucked the tradition by gaining help from, not a Kindly Old Person, but the occupants of a Kindly ... |
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 | Hip Hop Hooray- it's Shakey's lunch buffet!
2007-08-14, Osaka, Japan. By: badgerjen | | On Wednesday morning, Paul & I woke up, packed our increasingly large bags and checked out of the hostel in Osaka. We were headed for the Champs Elysees of Osaka- Shinsaibashi shopping street!
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 | Candle Lighting at Osaka Castle
2007-08-18, Osaka, Japan. By: jeccojade | | Today Dave and I spent the day at Osaka Castle. We arrived by train and found the Disney on Ice performing at the Osaka Hall and a festival taking place a few blocks down the street. We also found out... |
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 | Getting lost and seeing a castle
2007-08-25, Osaka, Japan. By: badgerjen | | Day 2 of the trip....
After all the excitement that was Universal Studios, we decided that we would kind of play it by ear. We weren't all that sure of what Osaka had to offer, so in the morning we... |
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| E.T. is my homie
2007-08-22, Osaka, Japan. By: badgerjen | | So, on Monday Paul & decided that we would go to Universal Studios Japan right at the beginning of the trip. I was excited to go because I haven't been to a major theme park in forever, but I wasn't s... |
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| Summer Trip- The long road down to Osaka
2007-08-20, Osaka, Japan. By: badgerjen | | Hey all! I'm finally back from my trip! I'll be writing about it in small doses as we did and saw a lot. Also, I won't be putting up all my pics (there are over 500) but I will put up the best now and... |
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| Homesick...
2007-02-08, Osaka, Japan. By: superjo | | Holy Christ I need to find a hobby! Okay, so here I was thinking that I was being brave trying out life in a new country by myself...
Truth is, I'm a big whimp. I'm not really meeting any new peo... |
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 | Japan Trip
2006-11-10, Osaka, Japan. By: crgoss | | I forgot just how much I love this place -- the food, the land, the people, the language. This trip has brought back such a flood of happy memories. I've visited my old schools, sang with my old choir... |
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 | CRAZY BASEBALL..COOL MUSIC..TASTY FOOD:)
2006-10-20, Osaka, Japan. By: gertjonnys | | Now let me touch on some of the more upbeat elements of traveling in this awesome country. After our visit to the Peace Parks of Nagasaki and Hiroshima, we (Sonia, Emily, and Dan) went to the last ba... |
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 | Engerland!!!
2006-06-19, Osaka, Japan. By: xVx | | Hello,
The world cup has started, and the only complaint I have is that its screened way to late here in Japan!! the matches start from 10pm, so I didnt get to bed until around 6am last night. I mi... |
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| Summer
2006-06-05, Osaka, Japan. By: xVx | | hi,
Its beome very very hot here, which means that every bug and his/her friend has come out to freak the hell out of everybody. My friend Yuxuan, from China, reported to everybody that he had witn... |
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| Hanami
2006-04-13, Osaka, Japan. By: xVx | | Hi,
I didnt have time to write about my encounter with the Japanese cultural tradition of Hanami. To those of you who are not Japanese and who are not familiar with Japanese culture (don't mean to so... |
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| Tokyo, Hanami and random stuff
2006-04-11, Osaka, Japan. By: xVx | | Hello,
Things have been very strange for me recently, mainly because I have either been having sooo much fun or have been soooooo bored i just dont know what to do with myself. I have decided to sp... |
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| birthday, okinawa, Hiroshima and random islands
2006-03-28, Osaka, Japan. By: xVx | | Hello,
Yes, i have been rather busy travelling around Japan- jus got back from Hiroshima yesterday. Its been really enjoyable ive loved every minute of it. I ended up spending my birthday on some i... |
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 | Konnichiwa from Osaka
2006-02-24, Osaka, Japan. By: indianajan | | We arrived safely in Osaka on Sunday around 5 pm, but our luggage did not. We've been in the same clothes for three days now, but having the time of our lives. We're at Mark's apartment right now. I t... |
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| Hello!!
2005-10-11, Osaka, Japan. By: xVx | | HI!!
so yes, I haven`t written a journal for a while!! so much has happened!! Well, I guess I will start this with a brief overview of whats been happening since christmas.
Christmas
So, chritmas i... |
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| aikido and random stuff
2005-10-11, Osaka, Japan. By: xVx | | hi!!
just a quick message to let u all know that im still here in japan. So, ive been here for almost 2 months. My english accent(along with my english speaking/writing/reading ability) has d... |
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| Here and Tired
2005-10-26, Osaka, Japan. By: Marcus | | ok folks, i have arrived and have little time, so i`ll keep it short. Flight Long. Kids annoying. sleep Good.
More later, Sorry. |
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| party party party
2005-10-11, Osaka, Japan. By: xVx | | Aaaaaaaaaaaargh!!!
i finally have internet accesss, and its only taken me a week!!! Just to let you guys know that i am in Japan now. As i write this I can see the mountains out of the window oppos... |
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 | Last day
2005-04-18, Osaka, Japan. By: scecgs | | Day 8 Miyajima and Kansai Airport
Trains, Ferries and Planes!
Today we caught a normal train and then hopped on a ferry that took us to the piece dresistance! Miyajima (Miya Island) houses a ... |
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 | Amerika- Mura
2005-03-21, Osaka, Japan. By: celia2005 | | I went to people watch today...Amerika mura was cool and the kids were cool..
but i suck as a photographer and so does my camera. I got self conscious taking photos of the cool kids ( i needed dave) ... |
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| Will and Paul wet their pants over den den town
2005-03-21, Osaka, Japan. By: celia2005 | | or would if they were here :-)
An electrical boom town. Miles and@miles of cameras andhard drives, computers and ipods , digital cameras videos screens it was like some kind fo high tech gadget ju... |
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 | little update
2005-02-20, Osaka, Japan. By: teresam | | This update has been on my to do list for way too long. I think it's just the update of my Thailand-Malaysia -Singapore trip that is a little overwhelming...so I'll skip it for now. I'll get to it som... |
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 | Autumn colors
2004-11-28, Osaka, Japan. By: teresam | | So I had a nice birthday. US Thanksgiving Turkey at the local bar (Tins), and a night of karaoke. I spent a night in Eastern Kyoto and I'll post the photos. I might try to get my hands on the Karaoke... |
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| Coming soon!
2004-12-12, Osaka, Japan. By: teresam | | YIppee I leave in 2 nights I'm so looking forward to it!! So the itinerary is layover in Soeul, Bangkok, Phuket, Ko Phi Phi, Koa Pha Ngan, Ko Tao, Pulau Langkawi, Cameron Highlands, Singapore ...or so... |
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 | Halloween
2004-10-31, Osaka, Japan. By: teresam | | Ok so here is the deal with halloween in Osaka. Pretty much only celebrated by Gaijin the thing to do is to catch the 9:00 JR loopline train at Osaka station on the Saturday night before Halloween. G... |
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| Thanksgiving
2004-10-24, Osaka, Japan. By: teresam | | Things are starting to cool off here. I'm into my sweaters and jackets again. I just got back from a hearty and oishi meal of chanko nabe with my former pen pal and her fiance. It's the hot pot style... |
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 | September Update
2004-09-28, Osaka, Japan. By: teresam | | Well it seems like monthly updates are about all Im going to get around to these days. Ive been pretty busy I guess and Im really trying to get into more of a routine. Work is going very well. Im... |
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 | another day in the coal mine
2004-09-03, Osaka, Japan. By: genki_gal | | the funny things i have seen today.
The no. 1 song at the moment is called light and breezy, the chorus.. lalalala ur light and breezy and I am Japanese..ze. well done utada.
At the supermarket ... |
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| Fuji-san
2004-08-27, Osaka, Japan. By: teresam | | Ahh man I think I just lost my wonderful entry about climbing Mt. Fuji. So sad! It's getting late now so I'm just gonna say that I climbed Mt. Fuji! and got the brand on my walking stick and the bruis... |
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 | Osaka
2004-08-22, Osaka, Japan. By: crgoss | | Really an amazing city and I am so glad that I am living close to one. I've spent the most time here -- I've gone shopping (the personal electronic stores are AMAZING) I've done the touristy things, g... |
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 | June update
2004-06-19, Osaka, Japan. By: teresam | | Hello! Well I haven't written much lately. I guess that just means I've started to settle in a bit. I went to the Umeda sky building with some other teachers a couple weeks ago to see the view at ni... |
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 | yipeee! internet
2004-05-29, Osaka, Japan. By: teresam | | I'm connected! got internet at home. Now I can finally put some pictures up! Didn't do much this week. Last weekend I went to Himeji with a few other teachers to see the castle and the gardens there.... |
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| I can read!
2004-05-26, Osaka, Japan. By: teresam | | Wow how exciting! I read my first word in hirigana today - to ba ko. then I read - u do n, I read some other signs too but I didn`t know what they meant. Tonight I'll study katakana so that I actually... |
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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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| 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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 | 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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 | 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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 | 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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 | 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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