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- TRY ZAZEN, AND ALSO THE PICKLESAlthough a variety of events have conspired to keep me from writing this post for two weeks -- no free time, lost USB drive, forgot travel journal, kidnapped by brigands -- today I say Fuck it I am ad-libbing this Posted by Niadra in I Can Haz Enlightenment? | Sep 10, 2012
- Soaking Up the Past in Myouban Hot Springs, Beppu (Oita) BGM: Remain by Yuki Koyanagi After a stimulating day of being spit at by angry fumaroles and gushing geysers at the Jigoku Meguri Hells in Kannawa, my host family agreed it was time we chilled out. We piled into the Posted by GenkiLee in Romancing the Ring of Fire | Jan 4, 2002
- Japan/Korea Travelled to Japan/South Korea... arriving from Kuala Lumpur, then travelled to/through; Osaka, Kyoto, Hiroshima, Fukuoka, Karatsu, Nagasaki, Shimabarra, Beppu, Fukuoka (Japan), Posted by joffre in Itinerant Traveller | Sep 6, 2012
- THE PRESENCE OF KAMIThe 26th was our first totally free day. Nevertheless, shameless try-hards that we all are (god I hate Broadwater slang), we got up at 7 AM having slept about 5 hours to go see another shrine! It was by far Posted by Niadra in I Can Haz Enlightenment? | Sep 3, 2012
- Japan (Tokyo, Kyoto & Hiroshima) 01.08.2012 - 10.08.2012First thing, the morning after walking out the gates of Windsor Bilingual Kindergarten for the final time, we jumped on a plane to Japan…..and after sitting for about two hours on the tarmac due to 'weather conditions' we were off!! Posted by Bradandkir in Brad and Kirstie take on the World! | Sep 3, 2012
- Finding Heaven in the Hells of Beppu, OitaBGM: In the House of Stone and Light by Martin Page You know what it's like when you see a photo of a certain place and realize you need to go there before you die. It's hard to explain that magnetic Posted by GenkiLee in Romancing the Ring of Fire | Jan 4, 2002
- THE BEGINNINGHere is a literal transcript of the entirety of my first journal entry after arriving at the temple hostel in Kyoto. "23 August 2012 It ... I ... oh god. I was totally fine and feeling confident until we got to Posted by Niadra in I Can Haz Enlightenment? | Aug 28, 2012
- Making Reparations With the Sea: Okagaki, FukuokaBGM: Deep Blue Sea by Anggun & Deep Forest It was day 3 of my Kyushu home stay and I was glad to have survived the fugu (poison blowfish) dinner from the night before. Dad was horrible about it. "Don't Posted by GenkiLee in Romancing the Ring of Fire | Jan 3, 2002
- Kyoto – How to Use Public Transport for Your SightseeingBus Did you know that you should get on the buses in Kyoto at the back, and get off at the front?! And that you pay when you get off the bus, not when you get on? Getting around Kyoto is surprisingly Posted by ReadyClickAndGo in ReadyClickAndGo's Blog | Aug 26, 2012
- Southern Celebrations: New Year's Fun in Fukutsu (Fukuoka)BGM: Traveling by Utada Hikaru My home stay in Minamikayabe had drawn to a close and it was time for me to embark upon the next leg of my New Year's journey: a trip to the southern island of Kyushu. Masaru Posted by GenkiLee in Romancing the Ring of Fire | Jan 2, 2002
- Burning Ice and Smoking Rocks: Mt. Esan VolcanoBGM: Fire Walk With Me by Angelo Badalamenti It was the last day of 2001 and the final leg of a warm, laughter-filled home stay with Masaru's family in Minamikayabe. Since the weather had given us a well-needed break, Shiori Posted by GenkiLee in Romancing the Ring of Fire | Dec 31, 2001
- Hit-And-Miss in Hakodate, HokkaidoBGM: Youthful Days by Mr. Children The blizzard had hit Minamikayabe! We awoke from our cozy futons to find snow piled up on the windowsills and the car. But this was nothing for northern folk like us. Shiori and Masaru Posted by GenkiLee in Romancing the Ring of Fire | Dec 30, 2001
- Whipping Winds & Whale Meat Soup: Minamikayabe (Hakodate)BGM: Wild Child by Enya The New Year's holiday was approaching and my good friends Shiori and Masaru invited me to spend it with their respective families on both ends of the Japanese archipelago. We would be diving into a cornucopia Posted by GenkiLee in Romancing the Ring of Fire | Dec 29, 2001
- 7/30 - Yanaka, Asakusa, and Homemade Dinner!Early in the morning, we left Ronri’s placein Saitama to go see a place in Tokyo which hasn’t changed since the 1950s. How charming that Japan has places like that. The area, called Yanaka, was very cute and very quiet. Posted by alyssainjapan in Alyssa in Japan | Aug 20, 2012
- Sapporo Alight: White IlluminationBGM: Shiroi Koibitotachi by Keisuke Kuwata Sapporo City to me is like the chipper girlfriend who always finds a way to cheer you up when you're down from missing your signific Posted by GenkiLee in Romancing the Ring of Fire | Nov 25, 2001
- Day Camp at Takino Suzuran Kyuryou Kouen, SapporoBGM: Glory by Sojiro As the cool breezes of autumn tickled the trees of Odori Park to blushing red, my Ukrainian friend and I found ourselves a little homesick for forests and wide open spaces. So she invited me to hang Posted by GenkiLee in Romancing the Ring of Fire | Nov 15, 2001
- We'll Always Have Otaru BGM: Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence by Sakamoto Ryuichi I think my friend timed it so that it would snow the day he showed me Otaru. (Okay. So there were only a few flakes. But it was enough to Posted by GenkiLee in Romancing the Ring of Fire | Nov 2, 2001
- 7/28 – Asakusa, Ronri, and Pokemon FireworksSo today, I tried to get up very early to see the sunset, but when I woke up around 5:30 am, the sun was already long up. Sad face. It was still pretty early, so I headed up onto Keiichi’s Posted by alyssainjapan in Alyssa in Japan | Aug 19, 2012
- Cat-Boys & Lucky Dogs: Tanukikoji & Nijoichiba, Sapporo[i]BGM: 優しい歌 (Yasashii Uta) by Mr. Children [/i] [img=http://photos.travellerspoint.com/507161/Hokkaido_2..uly_219.jpg thumb=http://photos.travellerspoint.com/507161/thumb_Hokkaid Posted by GenkiLee in Romancing the Ring of Fire | Oct 15, 2001
- An Oasis of Japaneseness in Modern Sapporo: Nakajima KoenBGM: Another Place by Hiroshima Like any young, idealistic American Japanophile raised on a steady diet of imported anime, Kurosawa films and campy classics like The Karate Kid, I expected to see a certain level of wafu (J-Style). The tac Posted by GenkiLee in Romancing the Ring of Fire | Oct 1, 2001
- Dancing In the Park: Odori Koen, SapporoBGM: The Peace by Morning Musume Japan is blessed with thousands of gorgeous parks, but Odori Park for me is the most enchanting. Whenever I felt homesick or bored, I would always come out here, buy a crunchy, juicy cob of Posted by GenkiLee in Romancing the Ring of Fire | Sep 29, 2001
- Lift-off: Chasing the Rising SunBGM: She Moves On by Paul Simon The truth is, I almost didn't come to Japan. I had a moment of doubt on the tarmac as I slowly approached my first of four planes, that day. Mom told me on the Posted by GenkiLee in Romancing the Ring of Fire | Sep 24, 2001
- A Japanese JourneySince I was a young boy I have always wanted to visit Japan, and I have no idea why. For some reason the neon lights, abstract colours and kanji just called out to me. I remember discussing the many fascinating Posted by Daniel Eagles in The World In Words | Aug 10, 2012
- Tokyo from the topWe had another fantastic day, and it was a great way to cap off our Tokyo experience. I realize the last few posts were a bit long (I think even Kevin got bored when he read it this morning!), Posted by megandkev in Asian and Australian Adventures | Aug 5, 2012
- The Dilemma in Narita JAPANESE VERSION UPDATED! 日本に出るよ！でも、出る前に問題に会った。「KAYAK」と言うウェブサイトに買った航空券はやばい！私たちの航空券は日本からホンコンまで行くつもり。ホンコンに着く前にベトナムにフライト乗り継ぎをするつもりにだった。でも、日本からホンコンまで直行便はもっと短くて弁理にだった。だから、そのフライト予定がおかしいと思っ Posted by thewongway in The Wong Way To Travel: 四国88箇所 | Aug 4, 2012
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