- KurashikiIf I may be honest for a second, I wasn't that interested in Kurashiki. Axel seemed pretty interested in it, though, and he didn't fancy Hiroshima, so we agreed to meet in Kurashiki instead. Luckily he had texted me simple Posted by jelkin in Bumbling Around Asia | May 6, 2011
- MiyajimaMiyajima is a little island near Hiroshima. It is a definite recommendation from me! The little streets are pretty, and there are deer wandering around freely. They are not afraid of you. I saw one that had got hold of Posted by jelkin in Bumbling Around Asia | May 6, 2011
- HiroshimaSorry about the huuuge delay, but it's kind of difficult to go on the internet a lot when Axel is here demanding time and attention constantly. It's exahausting, honestly. Not to mention that internet access in Japan was either hard Posted by jelkin in Bumbling Around Asia | May 6, 2011
- CampingAt the end of April we went to Makino and spent a night camping by Lake Biwa in Shiga...it was just beautiful. The campsite is lovely - showers, free bicycles, picnic tables and a gorgeous view of the lake. Posted by tinyjane in Japan | May 3, 2011
- I think I'm turning JapaneseThese Japanese keyboards are rather confusing. It keeps switching to Japanese character without my knowing why, and then I scrabble about a bit on the keys until I press something to make it switch back.
My journey was all right, and Posted by jelkin in Bumbling Around Asia | Apr 26, 2011
- Testing you.Today... I saw myself for the first time.
What do you think?
Posted by Jaysensei in Jay in Asia | Apr 21, 2011
- Japan! - No Earthquakes yet....Had a relaxing 13 hour flight into Narita Japan and am enjoying some sushi and Ashai beer in the Delta Sky Lounge. 1 hour till takeoff for Amazing Thailand arriving around midnight, well really high noon MPLS time. Posted by Bjamin007 in Bjamin's World Tour | Apr 18, 2011
- Tokyo IILunch was delayed: what I took to be some sort of interesting looking eating house turned out to be a temple. the Denso-in Temple (I think - there was no sign, but that's what my studies of the maps reveal) Posted by NZBarry in Barry Travels the World | Apr 16, 2011
- Tokyo II was finally ready to do it, to hit the big smoke, to throw myself into the madness that is Tokyo. Quite coincidentally, the hotel I had booked was on the train line in from Yokohama, so it was a Posted by NZBarry in Barry Travels the World | Mar 27, 2011
- Christmas in Japan: Part 2We took a train from Beppu back to Fukuoka the next day and I immediately went to the doctor. As I suspected, I had full blown bronchitis - but the doctor told me something I hadn't expected. "Hasn't anyone ever Posted by Andrea S. in Our life in China! | Mar 24, 2011
- Christmas in Japan: Part 1So I know my "promise" to write more blog entries hasn't exactly come to fruition the way I planned... hence I'm writing an entry in late March about events that occurred over Christmas. *sigh* My apologies. Work has picked up Posted by Andrea S. in Our life in China! | Mar 24, 2011
- Flea Market and DisneyOnly two things on the agenda today, pretty simple really. We walk to Suidobashi station and catch the multiple connections to the Keiyo line. At Tokyo station, this means an 800m walk from the Yamanote line to the Keiyo Posted by lostagain in A big trip | Mar 18, 2011
- No Giant Pandas and the Meiji shrineUp late this morning – some later than others.
We started the day by heading out to Ueno Park. Again it was clear and crisp with the sun shining. First stop was the Toshogu shrine in the park, where we Posted by lostagain in A big trip | Mar 18, 2011
- The Earthquake/Tsunami of 2011 Earthquakes and Tsunami's...well...a Tsunami is not a Surfers dream. Its a.....what am i doing writing a brief Intro about Earthquakes and Tsunami's for?! Everyone knows what they are! One of Mother Natures most devastating weapons! (maybe emotions is be Posted by RMS8 in RMS8 | Mar 15, 2011
- Road Trip!After spending almost a week in Tokyo, Jacq, Jesse and Jesse’s mom decided to use their one week JR (Japan Rail) passes and hop on the Shinkansen (the bullet train) to head south and visit Nara, Kyoto and Kobe.
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- Big in JapanOur first week in Japan was spent taking in the bright lights of Tokyo. Our hostel was in Asaskusa, a quiet neighbourhood packed with places to overindulge in Japanese food and home to the Sensoji Temple. On the 3rd February Posted by Kirschner in Gill & Kev's Excellent Adventure | Mar 9, 2011
- The terrain park, the kitchen and the fantastic bathToday we met Ricki, a ski instructor and well-known freestyle skier here at Alts. He took us up to the park to re-instill in Brendan his confidence on the rails. Let’s just say his laid back, let’s-have-fun, attitude did just Posted by SamuraiSki in Samurai Riders Ski-in -out Hostel, Japan | Mar 8, 2011
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- Konnichiwa Japan!After leaving hot and humid Malaysia, we arrived in Japan – and good lord, it was freezing! OK... it was only about 8 degrees Celsius – but we were about to experience the only 2 weeks of winter we’d have Posted by jacqjesse in Where in the world are Jacq & Jesse? | Mar 6, 2011
- Nekoma Ski Area
What a day today! To start with, we got up at the crack of dawn and met up with three Bombardier cat drivers to crawl up the mountain to catch sunrise. On the way up the hill, I Posted by SamuraiSki in Samurai Riders Ski-in -out Hostel, Japan | Mar 6, 2011
- YokahamaI came here because of the tyres. Nah, not really. There was a museum I wanted to see, one which I thought would be a perfect counterpoint to the Instant Ramen Museum back in Osaka - the Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum. Posted by NZBarry in Barry Travels the World | Mar 5, 2011
- First impressions of Alts Ski AreaYeah! Today was our first day on the Alts Ski Area (we plan to meet his sexy sister, neighboring Nekoma Ski Area, another day). It’s late February, still winter by the calendar, but the conditions were already spring-like. Brendan and Posted by SamuraiSki in Samurai Riders Ski-in -out Hostel, Japan | Feb 28, 2011
- Takayama III have so many photos from Takayama that I thought it best to split the post in two. Although Takayama has several museums and art galleries, there was one museum in particular which appealed - the Showa Kan. The basic Posted by NZBarry in Barry Travels the World | Feb 27, 2011
- Hokkaido, JapanTravel period, Feb 8-17. We started our trip from Osaka, Japan. We took the Twilight Express train from Osaka to Sapporo (nice train with private cabins for 2) , supposedly Japan's response to the Orient Express. We had Posted by patrickph in Hokkaido ,Japan | Feb 24, 2011
- Floatations Isolations and InterpretationsI've always been interested in anything new and different whether it be doing Magic Mushroms in Amsterdam, Running with Bulls in Spain or being a Human guinea pig in a Research centre in Melbourne.
I've known about something called a Posted by RMS8 in RMS8 | Feb 24, 2011