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One Year After the Tsunami: Why You Should Visit Japan Now
Written by Emma, Australia, March 2012
It hardly seems possible that it was a year ago that Japan experienced
a major natural disaster: an earthquake and tsunami that wiped out
entire communities along its eastern seaboard and ...
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Playing Geisha for a Day in Kyoto
Written by Emma, Australia, March 2013
As you walk around Kyoto you are bound to pass many Maiko (apprentice geisha) dressed in elaborate and colorful kimonos and tottering around on their okobo (wooden clogs). If you love dressing up or ...
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Puppet Theatre PUK
Written by Emma, Australia, February 2013
If you are traveling in Tokyo with kids or you just want to experience a unique and charming aspect of Japanese culture, then you should see a performance by the internationally renowned Puppet ...
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Sento 101 – Visiting a Japanese Bath House
Written by Emma, Australia, November 2011
For the Japanese, there is nothing more natural than sitting butt-naked with total strangers and having a good old scrub down before relaxing in a steaming hot bath. For Westerners, the whole ...
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Setsubun: Japan’s Bean Throwing Festival
Written by Emma, Australia, February 2013
Spring is coming in Tokyo, let’s throw some beans! Setsubun is a day to celebrate the end of winter and the coming of spring in Japan. Traditionally beans are scattered or thrown on this day as a ...
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Shrines in Kyoto
Written by Emma, Australia, December 2012
There are thousands of temples as well as shrines in Kyoto ,
so it is understandable that people may be confused as to the
difference between the two. Calling a temple a shrine (or vice versa), ...
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Springtime in Tokyo: Top 10 Things to Do
Written by Emma, Australia, March 2012
If you’re going to be in Tokyo
in the spring then you are in for some treats – 10 treats, to be exact!
Below is a list of the top 10 things to do in spring in Tokyo. Editor’s Note: This ...
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The Art Lovers Guide to Kyoto
Written by Emma, Australia, February 2013
While Kyoto lacks some of the vibrancy of Tokyo’s contemporary arts scene, it holds all the cards when it comes to traditional art and architecture. You only need to wander the streets of Ginza or ...
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The Best Museums in Tokyo
Written by Emma, Australia, November 2011
Exploring everything from Japan ’s history and culture to anime, photography and the just plain bizarre is easy. There’s a museum in Tokyo that will inform, entertain and inspire you.
Ueno ...
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The Castles of Kyoto
Written by Emma, Australia, March 2013
Kyoto’s Nijo Castle is a survivor from an era when shoguns ruled Japan and was built in 1603 as the Kyoto residence of Japan’s most powerful shogun of the time, Tokugawa Ieyasu. The Edo Period ...
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Tokyo for Art Lovers
Written by Emma, Australia, January 2013
Tokyo for Art Lovers It’s only natural that aesthetes, artists and creatives be drawn to Tokyo and Japan. The country’s ancient history and culture combined with Tokyo’s cutting-edge, kooky ...
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Tokyo International Film Festival
Written by Emma, Australia, September 2012
Film buffs the world over are getting excited about the up coming Tokyo
International Film Festival (TIFF). Now in its 25th year, TIFF runs for 9
days starting October 20, 2012 at a number of ...
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Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
Written by Emma, Australia, August 2012
The Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography is Tokyo ’s
only large museum devoted solely to photography. Its twenty thousand
strong collection is of course never on display in its entirety but ...
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Tokyo Sumo Wrestling Tournament
Written by ROD C, Australia, February 2011
For first time visitors to Tokyo, there are two things I'd recommend that will truly round out your Japan experience. The Sumo Tournament is one of them; even though they have been dogged by ...
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Tokyo Tower
Written by Emma, Australia, January 2013
Eclipsing the Eiffel Tower in height by just 13 meters and modelling itself on Paris’s older and more famous landmark, the candy-striped Tokyo Tower has been a feature of Tokyo’s skyline since 1958. ...
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Doing what: Kyoto Morning Tour of Kinkakuji Temple, Nijo Castle and Kyoto ...
