 | Disneyland and Disneysea Tokyo!!!
2008-04-27, Tokyo, Japan. By: eme86 | | The next two days we spent at Disney, there are two parks there and you need at least two days to do them both! The parks were only two train rides (30 mins or so away) although the second day we caug... |
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| Tokyo!!!!
2008-04-26, Tokyo, Japan. By: eme86 | | We arrived in Tokyo and after two train rides found our hotel in Minami-Senju, a cute little place that gave us Japanese PJ's and we had single rooms each with a futon (Juyoh Hotel). On our first day ... |
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 | Controversial Shrines and traveling down to Osaka
2008-05-01, Tokyo, Japan. By: badgerjen | | Our last morning in Tokyo was pretty leisurely. After breakfast (at the Excelsior again) we wandered up to a shrine I saw on the map the hotel gave us. It was a gorgeous day out and it was Friday so t... |
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| No stone left unseen in Toks
2008-04-30, Tokyo, Japan. By: badgerjen | | Tamotsu picked us up and we headed for the subway to Asakusa. This was the first place I stayed in Japan. So, it was great to be able to show this area to my parents. Plus, Senso-ji is the oldest temp... |
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 | Sakura Hanami: Shinjuku Park + etc
2007-03-25, Tokyo, Japan. By: tichan | | It doesn’t take a genius to know what’s the most famous flower in Japan he he… Sakura is indigenous to the Himalayas before distributed to parts of the world. What’s interesting for me is the flower a... |
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 | Shopping Anyone? Shinjuku + Shibuya + Akihabara
2007-03-24, tokyo, Japan. By: tichan | | After tasting the somewhat traditional part of Japan like shrines, castles, etc – time to experience other more metropolitan side. First stop: Shinjuku! It is a major commercial and administrative cen... |
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 | Asakusa Shrine + Ueno Zoo
2007-03-20, tokyo, Japan. By: tichan | | What’s the point going to Japan without visiting trademark buildings? ^_^ In Tokyo, Asakusa Shrine probably is the most famous Sinto Shrine. Asakusa Shrine was originally constructed around 1350 (!!!)... |
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 | Tsukiji Fish Market + Imperial Palace + Tokyo Tower
2007-03-21, tokyo, Japan. By: tichan | | People said Tsukiji Fish Market just got THE best and most fresh seafood in Japan. So got to try it! We got up early (well not THAT early, like 7 am or so) and take the subway there for breakfast. As ... |
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 | Harajuku Band Performance Link
2008-03-01, Tokyo, Japan. By: jeccojade | | Hey y'alls!
So in case any of you wanted to see the Harajuku band performing in Tokyo, I posted it on youtube.
The link is below.
[url]http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=s8IhuA5i65g[/url]
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 | Tokyo Disneysea + Odawara Castle + Fujiyama
2007-03-23, tokyo, Japan. By: tichan | | For those of you not familiar, in Tokyo there are 2 Disney parks. Disneyland and Disneysea. I bought ticket to go to both. Learning from the previous day experience – where the queue was just obnoxiou... |
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 | Tokyo Disneyland + Ikea
2007-03-22, tokyo, Japan. By: tichan | | What can I say – I’m a Disney person. I’ve been to the one in Anaheim, USA. Actually already been in Tokyo Disneyland once – but it was so dreamy that I just can’t get enough! I even thought the perfe... |
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 | O-kaeri Nasai - Welcome Home
2008-03-14, Tokyo, Japan. By: travelalex | | “O-kaeri nasia Arekus!” was the first words out of Daisuek’s mouth as I arrived back in Tokyo. O-kaeri nasai means “Welcome home” and although many things have changed in the past two years, Tokyo st... |
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| I've gone red!!
2008-03-04, Tokyo, Japan. By: badgerjen | | Saturday, I headed down to Tokyo with Elena & Joanna. I was getting my haircut and we decided to turn it into a girl's night out.
My appointment was at 1, so we took the 10 express into Ueno. Jo & ... |
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| So I Finally Vomited!
2008-03-01, Tokyo, Japan. By: jeccojade | | This weekend Elena, Jenn, and I went to Tokyo for the weekend.
Saturday Jenn went and got a fabulous new cut and color while Elena and I wandered around Harajuku shopping (though we didn't buy mu... |
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 | Gretings from Japan!
2005-04-07, Tokyo, Japan. By: travelalex | | We finally made it!! Hurra hurra! (insert fireworks and bangs and cracking noises here). Wow, I’m actually here. It seemed like it would take forever to get here. Our apartment is very small, but we w... |
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| Tissues anyone?
2005-04-08, Tokyo, Japan. By: travelalex | | Well I tell you it’s hard to forget where you are in this crazy place.
Tokyo is just as random as the films make it out to be. Yesterday we were trying to find our way through Shinjuku station, wh... |
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| Bedazzle, monks, Shibuya
2005-04-09, Tokyo, Japan. By: travelalex | | Have you ever seen a procession down a busy street of singing monks followed by Japanese men in colourful animal suits? Cause we have. We were minding our own business toddling off down to the shops w... |
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| Top 5 things we miss about Melbourne
2005-04-16, Tokyo, Japan. By: travelalex | | Top 5 things we miss about Melbourne...
5 People who understand you (well most of the time)
4 Wardrobe space, sidewalk space, space on the train...space in general
3 Smoke free restaurants...*cou... |
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| Why Japanese are so fit and healthy
2005-04-23, Tokyo, Japan. By: travelalex | | A little over two weeks we have been in Japan and what a crazy manic time we have had. Since being here I have had a few ideas that I thought I would share with you, my dear readers, about Japan.
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| It's a boring old game
2005-05-09, Tokyo, Japan. By: travelalex | | WARNING: This post is extremely boring, unless you are actually interested in what I do at work, then leave now.
Well I bet you are all wondering about how I spend the better part of half my time i... |
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| The land of Emily's work
2005-05-20, Tokyo, Japan. By: travelalex | | Well everyone seems to be interested in what it is I do with my daze here in Japan.
Well my part time job is teaching English to kids, very young kids! 0-7.
You may all say oh how cute, how fun, ... |
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| Sad days people, Sad days
2005-05-25, Tokyo, Japan. By: travelalex | | This story isn't specifically related to our journey, but it is very disappointing. Yesterday I travelled out to the far stretches of Tokyo is search of a place that will transfer the first two rolls ... |
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| Food and Friends
2005-06-14, Tokyo, Japan. By: travelalex | | 1. Our newfound friends
Walking home from Sangubashi station with Matt, a Californian who lives in the same building as us, we started to ascending the stairs before we heard a mighty roar of “Whaz... |
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| Tokyo Strikes Again
2005-07-28, Tokyo, Japan. By: travelalex | | As you might have heard, Tokyo has been rocked by two large earthquakes recently. The first occurred last Saturday. Walking in the skyscraper district, everything started shaking, a parked truck squea... |
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| Breaking News
2005-08-07, Tokyo, Japan. By: travelalex | | BREAKING NEWS
As an esteemed representative of AlexandEm Inc. I would like to squash the rumour that we will be departing the country so that certain members of our organization can engage in cinem... |
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| The Missing Photos
2005-08-25, Tokyo, Japan. By: travelalex | | Being a photographer and a visually orientated person, I like to include photographs when we uploading our little adventure stories. Unfortunately, when Loris Meadows visited two months ago, she bough... |
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| Japanese Cinema
2005-09-10, Tokyo, Japan. By: travelalex | | As film buffs, we made a few errors in choosing to come to Japan. Firstly Japanese films aren’t subtitled (foreign film are still in English, but we can’t view any local fair). Secondly, we’ve only be... |
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| The Pick of the Litter
2005-11-21, Tokyo, Japan. By: travelalex | | After the success of my 2005 Calender, I’ve been putting the final touches to my highly anticipated 2006 sequel and consequently went down to the 24 hour Kinkos at 3am in the morning and scanned some ... |
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| Christmas Day
2005-12-25, Tokyo, Japan. By: travelalex | | Well I don’t think we’ve ever had a Christmas day like that before in our lives. A number of reasons *might* have contributed to the fact, one might be Heather, one might be winter and one might be th... |
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| My dreams have been answered
2006-01-22, Tokyo, Japan. By: travelalex | | I’ve been waiting for this moment since I stepped into the country, all three times. No, it’s not the advent of Godzilla, nor does it have anything to do with a gigantic earthquake destroying all of t... |
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| Top 5 of Japan
2006-02-08, Tokyo, Japan. By: travelalex | | Whenever anybody left the country from our little Sangubashi community, we could perform the “Top 5 of Japan”. It seams like only yesterday I was performing these quizzes on Zoren and Matthew, last ni... |
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 | Dude.
2006-09-01, Tokyo, Japan. By: dalasnlily | | Dude, where are your pictures from Japan Dallas. |
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 | Happy Hour in Tokyo
2007-11-26, Tokyo, Japan. By: badgerjen | | On Saturday, Allison, Elena, Michael & I went to Tokyo for a night out. Allison's leaving Japan this week, so it was one last hurrah in the Big City. Mike & I were supposed to meet around 1 to catch t... |
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| A Disney Christmas
2007-11-17, Tokyo, Japan. By: badgerjen | | Tuesday was Ibaraki Prefecture Day~ I'm not really sure what it meant just that all the schools were off~ and I had a day off! I've been wanting to go to Tokyo Disneyland for a while, so Matt & I deci... |
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 | My First Capsule Hotel
2007-08-11, Tokyo, Japan. By: jeccojade | | Saturday we stayed at a capsule hotel in Akiba. It was an interestin experience, actually quite nice with my own TV, radio, and alarm clock. The only bad things were whenever anyone's alarm went off, ... |
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 | Sushi at 7am!
2007-08-10, Tokyo, Japan. By: jeccojade | | Thursday I met up with an old friend Tony who is visiting Tokyo coincidentally at the same time as I'm here. I met his friend Cully who owns his own post production house and had a nice Italian meal i... |
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 | Tokyo Disney Sea!
2007-08-08, Tokyo, Japan. By: jeccojade | | David and I arrived in Tokyo Sunday afternoon after a very late start and lots of crowded streets and subways to drag his suitcase around. We arrived at our hotel, Hotel Sunlite, in Shinjuku, and Ste... |
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 | Tokyo with Mom and Kat
2007-07-08, Tokyo, Japan. By: jeccojade | | So Friday I headed out immediately after school to Tokyo where my mom and my sister has been in for the past day. The trip was nice, I love the express train, and I got to the hotel by 8:30pm. It was ... |
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