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Went to Japan for two weeks. One spent traveling around japan on the Shinkansen(bullet train) another 5 days in a home with a host family. Places in japan visited: Osaka Kyoto Tokyo, hiroshima, Takayama.

I am currently working in Tokyo and so I travel pretty much in Japan. Linking up to my blog instead.

I wasn’t really sure how I would like this city. After all, my countrymen literally obliterated it in WWII and I wasn’t sure how the people here felt about Americans. The Japanese people we met were very nice and helpful. They are proud of their city and how they have rebuilt it. They seem to have a strong spirit and recognize that sharing their experience might keep the world a little safer.

Miyajima is a beautiful island inhabited by deer!

Viaje a tierras niponas vistando Tokyo y varias ciudades mas durante dos semanas

It was still raining this morning and had grown even colder during the night! I am really glad I brought my mittens and scarf! We left Kyoto under a forlorn sky which probably fit my mood since I’d really gotten to like Kyoto. It was just the right size for me, like a miniature Tokyo! We took the Shinkansen past Osaka and Kobe and stopped for a few hours at Himeji Castle before we headed to our final destination of Miyajima Island. As far as castles go, at least the ones I’ve seen in En...

Osaka > Kobe > Hiroshima > Shimonoseki > Fukuoka 9 days on a JR-Sanyo Shinkansen Pass

So I went to Japan this summer, with my cousin. We went to Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Himeji and Hiroshima. Was very fun, especially Osaka where we've met lots of nice people !

What was supposed to be a routine visit to Rochester, MN ended up extending to New York over Halloween and all the way to Japan for an amazing tour of that incredibly strange but awesome country.

i am sick: fever, cough, headache, etc... staying in bed all day - no sigh.... ERRR no time for relaxing again! i felt a bit better in the morning so i took a quick walk in the memorial park of hiroshima. the area (and hiroshima itself) is actually not as cold as it looks on my pictures, they probably just reflect my health hehe there are a lot of trees planted everywhere and nothing, except for the memorials, reminds of the tragedy 60 years ago. it is impressive to see how well...

After jumping on the bullet train from Kyoto we wound up in Hiroshima a few hours later. Hiroshimas main form of transportation is a tramway, so we bought some 2 day passes and headed to our hostel. We got off at the right stop but turned a 5 min walk from the station to the hostel into a 20 min walk. Kind of annoying, but we got there alright. After we checked in and settled down it was about 3:30, so we had just enough time to catch the Peace Memorial Mueseum. Our hostel was only a 5 min wa...

Asked the local skaters I met on the trains where a good "American Bar" was in town and got directions to Flowers. I spent many nights drowning away the cold and troubles I was having at work in this bar. Met some great people and had some great times. I only hope they are still open!

Finding Victoria. Many countries across the globe have honoured Her Majesty Queen Victoria and the Commonwealth. On my travels I will keep my eye out for various namesakes.

We're off to Japan! Lots of hanging out with friends on this trip: Marco in Utsunomiya and Phil in Himeji, plus Jen, Greg, and Zain will be with us in Tokyo.

Hello all, I am getting used to Japanese things like being able to cross intersections on the diagonal, taxi door opening automatically, and up escalators being on the left. This has been a quiet weekend with most of the students gone to Tokyo or Nagano, I just left the hotel and they are back furiously writing papers and getting ready for presentations tomorrow. Friday I was up early and met with the Georgia tech VIPs who were visiting the program and went to the Imperial Ho...