Travel & Sightseeing

  • The Mediterranean of Japan: Discovering Japan’s Seto Inland Sea
    October 21st, 2009By Jamie Rockers
    Recently I took a trip to Shiraishi-jima, an island of “mists and trances” in the Seto Inland Sea. This little island is just one of the 250 islands of the Seto Inland Sea. A lot of foreigners overlook the islands in the Seto Inland Sea and opt for Okinawa or Shikoku instead. However, there are » Continue Reading
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  • The Paths of Glory: Yokohama Foreign Cemetery
    October 20th, 2009By Iain Maloney
    During difficult times, it is always comforting to know that you are not alone, that others have stood where you stand, have gone through what you’re going through and come out the other side. Regardless of how adventurous we feel when first we board the plane that takes us from home, the route that is » Continue Reading
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  • A recipe for fun
    October 13th, 2009By Keith Graff
    Weave forty plus tons of rice straw into a rope and make it a little over two city blocks long. Because of its size and to keep it from blocking traffic, you’ll have to divide it into halves. Once everything is in place, go ahead and invite 250,000 or so of your closest friends and » Continue Reading
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  • Out and About in Tokyo this Autumn
    October 9th, 2009By thoshino
    Yes, bikini season is over, no more trips to the beach for a while.  But now is the perfect season for outdoor exercise. Autumn weather in Tokyo gives us a great chance to get out and be active, not too hot, not too cold, and sculpt our body into shape before heading back inside for » Continue Reading
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  • Shine on Tsukimi Moon
    October 6th, 2009By Keith Graff
    I always used to get this mixed up when I was a kid. I always thought that the Harvest moon was the big full moon that’s always seen in the month of October. What I later found out is that tradition dictates that the harvest moon is actually the full moon closest to the autumnal » Continue Reading
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  • The Tomori Lion
    September 30th, 2009By Keith Graff
    It can be seen both inside and on the cover of several books about the battle of Okinawa. Some of them show only the solitary stone lion, perched on a knoll that is completely barren of vegetation. Other pictures show army artillery observers hunkered down beside it and directing fire against enemy positions. It is » Continue Reading
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  • Ekiben there, done that?
    September 29th, 2009By Sylvia Saracino
    As you are probably already aware, train travel is extremely efficient here in Japan. It is a part of daily life for many people and newcomers to this country quickly adapt to the remarkably user-friendly system. This is all well and good, but did you know that the Japanese railways can be just as beneficial » Continue Reading
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  • The “Wild West” of Japan
    September 28th, 2009By Jamie Rockers
    With lots of wide, open spaces, farmland, and clear, cerulean blue skies, Hokkaido could certainly be called the “wild west” of Japan (ignore the fact that it’s in a far eastern country and is in the northernmost part of it). It’s even possible to see black and white spotted dairy cows contently grazing and noble-looking » Continue Reading
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  • Shirakawa-koen: A Work of Art.
    September 28th, 2009By Iain Maloney
    I find attending art exhibitions in Japan to be a frustrating experience. The prices are often extortionate, the pieces badly displayed, and the visitors herded through like cattle on their way to an abattoir. Exhibitions of work by artists like Monet, Dali, Van Gogh et al are focused solely on getting us in front of » Continue Reading
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  • Gujo-Hachiman: Are You Dancing?
    September 24th, 2009By Iain Maloney
    Gujo is rightly famous for it’s dance festival, considered amongst the top three in the country by whoever decides these things. Initiated over 400 years ago in an act of socialist generosity by Endo Yoshitaka, the festival was meant as a way of levelling Japan’s rigid social hierarchy and bringing the whole community together. Today » Continue Reading
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