Like this post? Help us by sharing it! I once met the Emperor of Japan! Well, kind of… At least he and his wife rode past me in a car and waved. I was sightseeing with friends in Tokyo and we wandered through the Imperial Palace gardens. A lot of people seem to think the […]
Culture & History
Not forgetting Aizu – the real Japan
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! The lady was working in a stall on Iimoriyama hill. It`s a popular sightseeing spot. On an autumn afternoon almost 150 years ago, 19 teenage boys committed harakiri there, an event now celebrated in Aizu folklore. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
Return to unique Japan
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Annie and Andy
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Annie and Andy Pezalla (Minnesota, USA) recently returned from their trip to Japan (May 12-19). The couple actually lived in Japan for a while, but were returning to the culture and country that they had come miss back home in the US. This time, they were to […]
Slow Life Japan
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Slow Wear
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! I travel as much to learn about a new culture and experience a new landscape, as to reflect on my own life back home. On every trip I inevitably return with a scribbled ‘to do’ list of ways I can live better: improve my Italian, practice yoga […]
Tokyo life – business as usual shock
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Whilst the headlines have been screaming of imminent and impending doom, all the reports we have been receiving have been of life in the capital returning rapidly to normal, of the Japanese just “getting on with it”. Could this possibly be true? I went to Japan to […]
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Whilst the headlines have been screaming of imminent and impending doom, all the reports we have been receiving have been of life in the capital returning rapidly to normal, of the Japanese just “getting on with it”. Could this possibly be true? I went to Japan to […]