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The Most Peaceful Place in the World: Hiroshima
Blog: Inside the Travel Lab - 8 April 2011
People often describe the view from Miyajima Island as one of the most beautiful in Japan. A softly curved Torii, a scarlet figure similar to the symbol pi, rises out of the water. Its calm background: layered mountains and the ferryboats crossing from Hiroshima.
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turning japanese
Blog: The Road Forks - 3 August 2010
at the end Video highlighting the beauty of Japan We began traveling in Japan feeling like the proverbial strangers in a strange land, frustrated by the lack of overt friendliness and the precision of human interactions. I remember telling Patrick and our friend on the eighth day that I found the country beautiful but didn’t understand the people, as I had in Thailand and Cambodia, because their relationships seemed stilted.
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World’s great winter festivals
Blog: Lonely Planet blog - 18 January 2010
A cold winter is the rat of seasons. It always appears and most of us greet it with irritation, contempt, whining, even fear. Shouldn’t be the case. Vancouver’s showing off winter fun at the Olympics next month, and even away from ski slopes (or luge tracks), some places save their biggest events for the chilliest [...]
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