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- Trailing Around Toba
- April 26th, 2010Category: Travel
- Stepping off the limited express Kintetsu train onto the platform in Toba, Mie Prefecture, I took a deep breath. The air was fresh, with a tinge of tangy salt from the restless sea that I had glimpsed from the train window. The locals strolled about, looking as though t ... » Continue Reading
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- Tokyo Parasite Musuem
- April 16th, 2010Category: Travel
- Situated not all that far from Meguro Station, in Tokyo, is an unforgettable rejoinder to the foodstuffs unveiled elsewhere in this blog. The Tokyo Parasite Museum is a trendy dating locale for young couples (no joke), and right near its entrance you get the gist o ... » Continue Reading
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- Japanese Public Sleeping
- April 14th, 2010Category: Travel
- Tokyo Alpha Blogger Shibuya246 recently took a peak at public sleeping on Japanese public transport – something everyone quickly gets familiar with. Japanese train travelers often find themselves with a 30 minute or longer train ride where they can either read ... » Continue Reading
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- Iga-Ueno: Poetry in Motion.
- March 24th, 2010Category: Travel
- For a small town, Iga-Ueno has something for everyone. Whether your tastes lean towards the confrontational and martial or the reflective and poetic, this is a trip worth making. Iga-Ueno is the birthplace of those two most quintessential images of Japan: ninjas and B ... » Continue Reading
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- Japan by Bike (Part 3)
- March 15th, 2010Category: Travel
- At 5pm the big bearded biker sitting on the floor offered me a clump of dried squid and a plastic cup of sake. This, he told me, was how things were done in Rider Houses. For me, a Rider House virgin, his kindness was refreshing - certainly more so than his body odo ... » Continue Reading
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- Obuse, Japan: Hokusai’s home away from hometown
- March 12th, 2010Category: Travel
- Obuse is a peaceful town whose quaint country beauty is enhanced by abundant orchards and sweeping views of distant mountaintops. Known for its idyllic setting and artistic sensibility, this tiny geographical gem is only a half hour train ride away from Nagano City. ... » Continue Reading
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- Tokyo Big Site and Odaiba
- March 10th, 2010Category: Travel
- Located in Koto-Ku on land reclaimed from Tokyo Bay, situated right next to the Odaiba area and Rainbow Bridge - ostensibly one of Tokyo’s most famous romantic viewing points - is the Tokyo International Exhibition Center, a massive structure more lovingly referred ... » Continue Reading
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- Okinawa Cherry Blossom
- February 15th, 2010Category: Travel
- Cherry blossom time, also known as Ohanami, in Japan is an important time for the gathering of family and friends. It is a time of renewal and hope for the coming year. Across the main islands it begins in early March in the south and lowlands then slowly creeps north ... » Continue Reading
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- Into The Wild: Hiking in Aichi
- February 8th, 2010Category: Travel
- The mountains lining the banks of the Kiso River as it passes through Inuyama offer a plethora of pathways for both the serious and the casual hiker. My favourite is strenuous without being difficult, and matches exercise with rewarding views and easy accessibility ... » Continue Reading
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- The Other Side of Shinjuku
- February 5th, 2010Category: Travel, Video
- Shinjuku from GaijinPot on Vimeo. So what's your image of Shinjuku? Anyone hanging out in Shinjuku for a bit will expect to find the department stores, pachinko parlors, plenty of places to eat and the millions of people who pass through them all everyday. In the ... » Continue Reading
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