 | Japan - Week Twenty Six.
2009-10-08, Tokyo, Japan. By: aarond | | Wow, I just got back from Japan and what a country. This is one of those places that I've wanted to visit all my life. Japanese Architecture has been a great inspiration for me over the years and it... |
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 | Sakura & Shopping
2009-04-16, Tokyo, Japan. By: badgerjen | | Another school year has started at Futabadai Junior High School...I can't believe I'm starting my 3rd year here!!! Just crazy- I never thought I'd be in Japan this long. But I love, love, love my scho... |
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 | New Year's Eve Part 1
2009-01-10, Tokyo, Japan. By: badgerjen | | Sorry for the delay in getting this update out, but I've been sick for the past 10 days and have had no energy to do any postings. It's just a bad cold but the combination of the cold temps and no rea... |
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 | Nagano to Hiroshima
2008-11-24, Tokyo, Japan. By: frankieboy | | Train Pushing
I have heard about the men in white gloves that push people on the trains but it is so funny to see in person. The shoving seems so un-Japanese but they pull it off with everyone main... |
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 | Fish, Fish and more Fish
2008-11-18, Tokyo, Japan. By: frankieboy | | My Crapper
Space age with lots of buttons. I kind of felt like Captain Kirk but reality came crashing in when I had to remind myself that I was sitting on a crapper.
I went to the much hyped and o... |
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 | One Last Goodbye
2008-11-11, Tokyo, Japan. By: travelalex | | One of the first things I did arriving back in Tokyo, was to head to Meiji Shrine. No matter how many times I frequent this amazing place I will never get sick of it. When I came to Tokyo on the way... |
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 | Tokyo Bus Tour
2008-07-27, Tokyo, Japan. By: tallral | | Before setting out on my tour of Tokyo, I had my free continental breakfast at the hotel. It was a decent spread made up mostly of pastries. I almost skipped breakfast because somehow (even though I... |
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 | Average Height
2008-07-27, Tokyo, Japan. By: tallral | | American women: 5'5"
Japanese women: 5'1"
Dutch women: 5'7"
Someone remind me to find a conference in the Netherlands! :) |
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| It's EARLY!
2008-07-27, Tokyo, Japan. By: tallral | | Who would have thought that I'd wake up ahead of my alarm clock? Not me! I guess I'm still adjusting to the time difference. I woke up at 5:30am... almost a full two hours before I needed to be up.... |
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 | My "Welcome Drink"
2008-07-26, Tokyo, Japan. By: tallral | | Ok, so I just went to cash in my free "Welcome Drink" coupon and had the choice of 4 different lounges in the hotel. I poked my head in the first two and they weren't really what I was looking for af... |
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| I made it!
2008-07-26, Tokyo, Japan. By: tallral | | Well, I'm in Toyko!
I left Tampa this morning at 8:30am, connected in O'Hare, and then buckled in for the 13 hour flight to Narita. The flight actually wasn't as bad as I'd expected. I somehow ... |
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 | Birthday in Tokyo
2008-06-17, Tokyo, Japan. By: kmunch | | Greetings from Tokyo. The past few days have been filled with travel in and around Tokyo. We have become quite good at getting on and off trains, buses and subways. Sunday morning was an explorati... |
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| Exciting first day in Japan
2008-06-16, Tokyo, Japan. By: kmunch | | The very first day in Tokyo we were awake before 4 am and ready to travel to the Tsukiji district in Tokyo to the wholesale fish market. There was every kind, size and shape of fish possible at the... |
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| Day Two
2008-06-01, Tokyo, Japan. By: asap | | We started the day by picking up a breakfast of pasteries at the local "bake shop" conveniently located at the entrance of the neighborhood subway stop, Fudo mae. Twenty minutes later, we arrived at S... |
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 | Day One--
2008-05-31, Tokyo, Japan. By: asap | | Ten hours on a plane wasn't as bad as I'd anticipated. I'd only travelled for such a long time in a car, where I usually got car sick or at least sick of being in the car. On the plane, though, during... |
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 | 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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