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Kiyomizudera: Saved by the rain
“After all we are in Kiyomizudera, the temple of pure water. In a way, this torrential rain could not be more appropriate.” The giant South African in my group did not seem impressed by m… more →
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Kiyomizudera: Saved by the rain
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wrote 11 months ago: “After all we are in Kiyomizudera, the temple of pure water. In a way, this torrential rain c … more →
Oharu: Water falls silently
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wrote 1 year ago: Pink polluted my eyes last week. The cherry blossoms in Kyoto were in full bloom. It is my worst n … more →
Call of nature in Fukushima
wrote 1 year ago: “Go to the hot springs at Tsuchiyu Onsen,” the girl at the tourist desk recommended. H … more →
By the persimmon tree
wrote 1 year ago: Peaceboat volunteers help clearing up after typhoons in Wakayama prefecture Bilbo and his wife live … more →
O-sewa ni natta kata
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wrote 1 year ago: Nachi, Wakayama Prefecture Leaving home at midnight, 70 year old Inaba drove for 16 hours to … more →
On another planet in Kurama, Kyoto
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wrote 1 year ago: 73 million foreign tourists were loafing around outside Kiyomizu temple this morning. The trinket a … more →
Heroes of Hachinohe (Part One: In the news)
wrote 1 year ago: In the port city of Hachinohe in northern Aomori prefecture, three teenage boys drank alcohol last … more →
Heroes of Hachinohe (Part Two: In the bar)
wrote 1 year ago: I wanted to find out what the people in the bars of Hachinohe had to say about the baseball players … more →
Mount Ikoma trail
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wrote 1 year ago: Back in Tokyo today, I now have the use of a civilised computer. I proudly present you the photos f … more →
A walk in the woods
wrote 1 year ago: AFT can be a big problem on tours. “We`re not doing AFT this afternoon, are we?”, one o … more →
Failing to climb Mount Fuji
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wrote 1 year ago: It takes 6-8 hours to climb Mount Fuji from the 5th station at the Subashiri Trail. That`s accordin … more →
Robot Guts
wrote 1 year ago: For ten years, a spaceship has been parked in the port of tsunami-hit Ishinomaki. The locals don`t … more →
Cherry blossom sushi
wrote 1 year ago: Part of me is adamantly vegetarian. It insists eating animals is unethical and unhealthy. Another pa … more →
Stepping sometimes stumbling
wrote 1 year ago: 5 years ago I entered a 15 legged race. Not on my own. That would have been ridiculous. I was racing … more →
Blackjack
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wrote 2 years ago: Sticking your hero`s face onto rolls of toilet paper is special form of hero-worship. I doubt Bin La … more →
The Big Buddha
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wrote 2 years ago: The big bronze Buddha in Kamakura does not look too happy, and to be fair he has good reason to be u … more →
Photos of a garden
wrote 2 years ago: I have just returned from Mito, a big town between Tokyo and the Fukushima nuclear plant; it`s famou … more →
Nagaoka Tenmangu: A blessed baseball team
wrote 2 years ago: Before a Sunday afternoon tour of the Suntory beer factory, I visited the main shrine in Nagaoka. Un … more →
Angry Beer and Free Beer
wrote 2 years ago: Beer is angry. “Half of me is tax!” I came across this cartoon character this morning du … more →
