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RE: Beaches in Japan

by Tokyo_girl 19 April 2012

I haven't done any swimming on the Japan Sea Coast, though I have been there many times but my guess is the Pacific side will have much…
Re: Second time to Japan: recommendations?

by Tokyo_girl 18 April 2012

Nature, cooler temperatures, hiking, onsen and August northern Tohoku - Aomori, Akita, Iwate or Hokkaido, or the Japan Alps would be…
Re: LP Japan 2011 edition: Tohoku

by Tokyo_girl 29 March 2012

Machiruda, I have posted a map of Tohoku that may be helpful - it's a really inferior program that doesn't allow changes so it looks…
RE: LP Japan 2011 edition: Tohoku

by Tokyo_girl 28 March 2012

I just came back from my local JR - usually I am on the subway - and they are having an Iwate promotion at the moment - you might get…
Re: LP Japan 2011 edition: Tohoku

by Tokyo_girl 27 March 2012

I am quite shocked - it seems very paternalistic at best esp. for a company that has always been on the bandwagon about letting people…
LP Japan 2011 edition: Tohoku

by machiruda 27 March 2012

Apologies in advance is this has already been discussed, I haven't been able to find it. If it has, a link to that discussion would be…
Iwate Prefecture and Morioka---great places to visit

by kikumi2 17 March 2012

On this, the first anniversary week of the earthquake/tsunami, I feel compelled to write this message about one of my favourite places…
IWATE Prefecture--a must visit place in Japan

by kikumi2 12 March 2012

On this, the first anniversary of the earthquake/tsunami, I feel compelled to write this message about one of my favourite places in Japan--…
RE: Non tourist stuff

by Tokyo_girl 26 January 2012

folklore - can't give many examples but Namahage in Akita & Tono in Iwate as far as fishing goes wandering around the coastline of fishin…
RE: Tohoku Recommendations

by Tokyo_girl 05 December 2011

hmm... depends a lot on what someone likes and depends a lot on the season - much more than more travelled parts of Japan. I am spoilt…
Re: What to do at X-mas?

by Tokyo_girl 23 November 2011

Pudsama, I'm so disappointed that you haven't been flooded with suggestions. Have you thought about a trip to Hokkaido? The Sapporo…
Re: Tohoku Travel

by Tokyo_girl 20 November 2011

Matsushima will be happy to see you! They escaped with minimal damage in the tsunami but the tourists are very thin on the ground. If…
Re: Interesting places Tokyo to Hokkaido

by Tokyo_girl 21 September 2011

There was a recent post by Machiruda on Tohoku. I don't have time to answer properly - and might not till next week. There are a few…
RE: Volunteering in Japan

by Tokyo_girl 01 August 2011

http://2hjdrbloge.blogspot.com/2011/07/300-food-packages-every-week-for.html Second harvest are asking for volunteers in tokyo to arran…
Hiraizumi, Ogasawara UNESCO World Heritage

by Tokyo_girl 27 June 2011

Even if one has misgivings about World Heritage Listings being handed out like.... tissues outside Shinjuku South Exit... It's worth…
Re: Tohoku at New Year 2012

by Tokyo_girl 29 May 2011

+Our question to foreigners (or Japanese) who know that area well is+ I go to Tohoku usually twice a year, I haven't lived there, but…
Re: My two weeks in Japan

by menkoiii 10 May 2011

Japan really is lovely. I lived there three years (2006-9), two years in Iwate in the north and a year in Osaka, and visit often as my…
RE: What to do

by pudsama 26 April 2011

Brax, you make it down to Osaka, gimme a PM and I'll buy you a vitamin B for your efforts up north. Don't worry about a certain other…
RE: What to do

by tokyoaaron 24 April 2011

Brax, Given my druthers, I would choose to catch the bus from Shinjuku station, then kill time walking around the station area. In fact,…
RE: What to do

by Tokyo_girl 24 April 2011

Good on you. I have a friend in Morioka who said the people of Iwate are feeling like the aid stopped at Ishinomaki. If you are here…
RE: What to do

by Brax 23 April 2011

Hi, OK lets forget about the sleep, I have flown and flown and flown so many long distance flights and taken so many long distance buses…
RE: What to do

by bamse 23 April 2011

Also, where does your bus to Iwate depart from? From Shinjuku? You can find coin lockers (couple of hundred yen, depending on size) in…
What to do

by Brax 23 April 2011

Hi, Arriving in Tokyo (Narita), 09.00 13/5/2011, for onward travel (by overnight bus) to Iwate to assist in the efforts there. Bus leaves…
RE: Tohoku in May?

by JapanTraveller 15 April 2011

Tohoku Shinkansen is scheduled to reopen in sections. Tokyo - Fukushima is now open. Fukushima - Sendai around 27th April. Sendai - Ichin…
RE: GREAT EARTHQUAKE Hits Japan

by Kira 07 April 2011

Wish there was a 'like' button Crocodrilo Waiting to hear more, hopefully (in the 'right' sense) everything that could fall down, fell…