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Osaka night wanderings (third)
Photo information, by order of appearance, including camera, lens, and film type: 1) Voigtlander Bessa-L, 15mm Heliar, uncertain film type. 2) LOMO LC-A+, Fujifilm Superia 400. 3) LOMO LC-A+, Kodak 40… more →
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Kyoto City Buses
wrote 16 hours ago: Kyoto City Bus Pass If you’re planning a visit to the city of Kyoto, then may I recommend taki … more →
関西人 in Tokyo
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Creating Life Experiences: How to Get the Most Out of Your Travel
wrote 3 days ago: This is a list of personal recommendations, based on my own travel experiences and the advice of oth … more →
Kansai No Wave History -- 1981
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wrote 4 days ago: Going through some stacks of papers in my office, I stumbled on two pages of typed manuscript that s … more →
Hideyoshi
wrote 1 week ago: I would like to highly recommend the book Hideyoshi by Mary Elizabeth Berry. It is the best academic … more →
Getting Around Kansai - Private Railway Lines
wrote 1 week ago: The Kansai region of Japan is full of privately owned railway companies. Many of them are more than … more →
Statues of Liberty
wrote 1 week ago: NY Odaiba Osaka Somewhere between Kyoto and Nagoya … more →
Too bright...can't sleep
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Hikari Renaissance Holiday Light Displays
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wrote 2 weeks ago: The winter holiday season is here, and Osaka’s Hikari Renaissance light displays and events have beg … more →
Getting around Kansai - the Subway and JR
wrote 3 weeks ago: Map of (almost) all the rail lines in Kansai When one thinks about public transit in Japan, one ofte … more →
Horai
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Horai (蓬莱), just one of the many successful businesses born in Osaka, is a popular Chinese food chai … more →
Nyumen
wrote 3 weeks ago: After visiting the temple complex at Muro-ji in the Kansai region, we had 30 minutes before the bus … more →
osaka night wanderings (third)
wrote 4 weeks ago: Photo information, by order of appearance, including camera, lens, and film type: 1) Voigtlander Bes … more →
osaka night wanderings (second)
wrote 4 weeks ago: Photo information, by order of appearance, including camera, lens, and film type: 1) Voigtlander Bes … more →
The Escalator Conundrum: Osaka Right, Tokyo Left
wrote 1 month ago: If you have visited Japan, perhaps you have noticed that people tend to pay attention to where they … more →
Bar Zerro
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wrote 1 month ago: Bar Zerro (map here) is a sure place to go on a Saturday night (or Friday, if it’s late enough … more →
Transport in Japan (outside the JR lines)
wrote 1 month ago: Japan isn’t a big country really, at least if you compare it with other destinations as China, India … more →
“Bambi? You can’t eat Bambi!” (Nara)
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wrote 1 month ago: November 18th When you tell a traveller in Kyoto that you spent your day at the temples they look at … more →
autumn viewing at enkoji temple
wrote 1 month ago: Enkoji temple (圓 光寺) is one of the nicer places to go for autumn maple-leaf viewing. The temple was … more →
