Wandering Albatross

Not in Kansas anymore...

JAPAN | Monday, 16 Aug 2010 | Views [592]

From skyscrapers to mountains, crowds of people to rice paddies and six lane highways to winding country lanes, Toto... it's extremely apparent that we're not in Osaka City anymore! Perhaps the biggest difference can be summed up in a three letter word:... Read more >

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Photos: Osaka - Kyoto 2010

JAPAN | Monday, 16 Aug 2010 | Photo Gallery

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Photos: Matsusaka, Mie

JAPAN | Sunday, 15 Aug 2010 | Photo Gallery

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Osaka - Eerily familiar

JAPAN | Sunday, 1 Aug 2010 | Views [744] | Comments [5]

Dogs in pajamas in strollers, piped music on public streets, the smell of takoyaki hanging in the balmy air, the incessant chatter of cicadas, the random old men who stop their bikes just to tell me it's "atsui!" (hot), people on loudspeakers ... Read more >

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Wandering On

JAPAN | Saturday, 10 Jul 2010 | Views [1618]

After spending the last two years completing a Master's in Finland, Switzerland and the Netherlands, it is time to move on again (to my 24th home in my 12th country...not that I'm collecting or anything) and this time it's back to Japan. On July 28th ... Read more >

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