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Hiroshima
Blog: Where is Rob? - 17 November 2009
Hiroshima was pretty special and not what I expected at all. As a city it was so nice obviously due to the fact it had all been rebuilt in the last 50 years after that Atomic bomb thing was dropped on them here. It made me think maybe every city should be bombed periodically just to get rid of the rubbish, wipe the slate clean as they say. Or maybe not as several million would die. All jokes [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more!
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Tokyo Pt.2
Blog: Where is Rob? - 17 November 2009
Back in Tokyo again. Was quite sad on the bullet as coming back to Tokyo meant my Japanese adventure was coming to an end. However at the same time I was pretty excited at the prospect of another 4 days in the amazing city that is Tokyo. After the night in the capsule hotel and Yokohamma it was nice to get back on the backpacker circuit and stay in a proper hostel again.Our first full day back in [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more!
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Tsukiji Fish Market
Blog: Where is Rob? - 17 November 2009
Today was our last day in Tokyo, well last day of visit number one as will be coming back here again for a few days before we fly out to Bangkok.Today we got up mentally early to journey to the Tsukiji fish Market. It all kicks off there at 3am when the first catches come back but I could not be doing with that so got up at 6 and eventually managed to rock up to the Market at 7.30ish. It was well [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more!
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Hachiko – Unrequited in Tokyo
Blog: Flying Coach - 17 November 2009
If you travel to Tokyo to visit a friend and need to pick a spot to meet, you should know that the most popular meeting place in the city is a small statue of a dog in front of the Shibuya train station. Almost every Japanese citizen knows the famous story of the dog, but [...]
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Utsunomiya Gyoza Matsuri 2009
Blog: Budget Trouble - 14 November 2009
Last weekend (yes, I’m writing about it only now, bugger off) we had a gyoza festival (gyoza matsuri...
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Rokko Island – Kobe, Japan
Blog: Nagoya Photography - Japan Photos 名古屋 写真 日本 - 14 November 2009
Rokkō Island is the second major artificial island in Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Japan located in the southeast region at Port of Kobe.
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東京の女性
Blog: A Lady in London - 7 November 2009
The last stop on my world tour was Tokyo. As the title of this post implies, it was a bit difficult to bridge the language gap there. Not many signs were posted in English and few people spoke my native tongue, but Rob and I didn't let that stop us from enjoying our time there.
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Mashiko Pottery Festival - November Edition
Blog: Budget Trouble - 7 November 2009
Version:1.0 Last Tuesday we had a public holiday, something that one of my charges so inventively described in Engrish as “bunka no day”. Gotta hand it to that 5 year old, did the best he could, which is a lot better than most adults could manage in this country. But, I’m not here to rant about English (or lack thereof) in Japan, because that’s something as obvious as the sun rising every day. So, instead, let’s talk about this mysterious “bunka no day”, which translated to proper English is simply “culture day.” For most people here it was just another...
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76-Second Travel Show: "Traveling with Beard & Darth Vader's REAL Mask"
Blog: REID ON TRAVEL - 3 November 2009
Episode #007F E A T U R I N G * 4 0 * B O N U S * S E C O N D S
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Tokyo’s Tsukiji Fish Market
Blog: Brilliant Tips Travel Blog - 29 October 2009
The Tsukiji Fish Market is a wholesale market that handles the distribution of fish, fruit, vegetables, meat and flowers for metropolitan Tokyo. The market is the largest fish and seafood wholesale market in the world handling over 3,000 tons of 450 different types of seafood each day. The vibrant atmosphere of buyers and sellers running around, scooters buzzing by and forklifts loading trucks attracts tourists from around the world and has turned the Tsukiji Fish Market into a major tourist attraction. The market is divided into two sections: one for wholesale ...
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Japanese foods, if you can figure out the menu
Blog: World Travel Blog - 29 October 2009
One of the great things of living in Japan is eating out, food here is great and there is a wide arrange of restaurants, fast foods, street snacks to cater all tastes. But, that’s if you can figure out how to order your food. Now, after an year of living here, I have the basics covered [...]
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Spooky Halloween around the world.
Blog: another pin on the map - 28 October 2009
Halloween traditions around the world.
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Mt. Tarumae (樽前山）
Blog: Hiking in Japan - 28 October 2009
Mt. Tarumae is an active volcano located on the shores of Lake Shikotsu in Western Hokkaido. In addition to the outstanding views of the lake below, the mountain offers a rare chance to view an unstable lava dome. The hike: There’s a toilet and a small hut at the trailhead, but no water to speak [...]
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Japanese cola ingredients and flavors
Blog: Nagoya Photography - Japan Photos 名古屋 写真 日本 - 27 October 2009
I'm really a cola freak and enjoy the fact that Japan comes out with some strange cola mixtures every once in awhile. Coca-Cola no calorie plus fiber, Pepsi Azuki - Red bean flavored, Coca-Cola no calorie plus catechin - Green Tea flavor, Pepsi White - Pepsi and Yogurt flavor
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Osu Kannon Temple and Shopping Mall – Spherical Pano
Blog: Nagoya Photography - Japan Photos 名古屋 写真 日本 - 25 October 2009
Osu Temple The Osu Kannon Temple and shopping mall located in central Nagoya has a classic Japanese pagoda style Buddhist temple that is a popular tourist …
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Exploring Kyoto with Kids
Blog: Ciao Bambino! - 19 October 2009
Traveling with children in Japan can be intimidating. All that structure and serenity. I have visions of my children rearranging the rocks of a zen garden or putting their little fists through the traditional rice paper shoji screens that make up the walls of our ryokan. However, it is also one of the most beautiful, poetic cities in Japan and our children, age 3 ½ and 2, love running up the temple steps and seeing the koi fish swimming in the river along philosopher’s walk.
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Wagunohama
Blog: Nagoya Photography - Japan Photos 名古屋 写真 日本 - 18 October 2009
Harbor I did a fishing trip with about 10 friends in Wagunohama and beach south of Nagoya in Mie prefecture, Japan. We must of caught fish …
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Higashiyama Botanical Gardens – Spherical Panorama
Blog: Nagoya Photography - Japan Photos 名古屋 写真 日本 - 14 October 2009
Higashiyama Botanical Gardens is located along side the Higashiyama Zoo in Nagoya, Japan. Here I created a spherical panorama from the inside inside quicktime.
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Kanuma Buttsuke Autumn Festival part 1
Blog: Budget Trouble - 11 October 2009
This weekend we were supposed to go to Gunkanjima, but because somebody in this household had a hiss...
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Tokyo, Japan (Part Ni)
Blog: Patrick and Katrina do the Globe - 10 October 2009
We had decided to spend a last full day in Kyoto before taking the night bus back to Tokyo (which is less than half as many yen as the Shinkansen bullet train and would also save us on a hotel for the evening), but unfortunately moody Mother Nature got in the way. Typhoon Melor was about to make landfall in Kyoto, and our first taste was a gross, rainy day on which we quickly ran out of indoor activities. We cut the sightseeing short and went to the central station to buy our bus tickets and hunker down until the 10pm departure.
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The story I shouldn't tell, re: urine sample in Santiago. Medicine in Chile, always surprising.
Blog: Bearshapedsphere - 9 October 2009
In which I tell the story of my first urine sample in Santiago. Just so you know what you're getting into.
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Kyoto, Japan
Blog: Patrick and Katrina do the Globe - 8 October 2009
Temples, shrines, and more temples. Kyoto, with the reputation of being Japan's cultural center, is absolutely brimming with them. We stayed a whole six nights in the same city--a record for us on this trip--to take in as much as possible.
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Nagoya Festival 2009
Blog: Nagoya Photography - Japan Photos 名古屋 写真 日本 - 6 October 2009
The Nagoya Festival is Nagoya’s largest annual autumn festival which took place this year on October 3 (Sat) & October 4 (Sun), 2009.
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yabu-something or the other
Blog: Budget Trouble - 3 October 2009
In recent days “Budget Trouble” has been experiencing some serious, heavy-duty budget trouble, becau...
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Tokyo, Japan
Blog: Patrick and Katrina do the Globe - 3 October 2009
Our trip to Japan certainly started out on the right foot. When we arrived at the Sydney Airport to check in for our flight we found out that Japan Airlines had overbooked economy class and they had no choice but to upgrade us to first class. We gleefully joined the Japanese businessmen in black suits at the luxurious front of the plane where we must have stuck out like throbbing thumbs in track pants and flip flops. That and the fact that a curious Katrina put her seat in the full 180 bed position as soon as the fasten seatbelt sign went off.
