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JAPAN | Tuesday, 1 Jan 2008 | Views [10163]
Travellers often avoid Japan because of it's reputation for being expensive. This was certainly true a decade or so ago, but these days it's quite the bargain.
We visit Japan fairly regularly and go to get our fix of two things: the food ... Read more >
Tags: culture, japan, onsen, hot springs, children, tokyo, experience
JAPAN | Saturday, 30 Sep 2006 | Views [604]
It's just a house on the edge of Tokyo, a timber house constructed to withstand the frequent earthquakes, a house I lived in for a little over a year, a house that we return to with our own family now, a house full of memories, a house cluttered with ... Read more >
Tags: philosophy of travel, architecture, tokyo, culture
JAPAN | Friday, 17 Jun 2005 | Views [625]
The trains here take the concept of punctuality to the absurd. On the way to meet some friends we were down on a platform in Shibuya waiting for the 15:41.
As the train drew into the station I thought "it's early", but then, as we watched ... Read more >
Tags: travel with children, trains, transport, tokyo, mystery
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