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Category Archives: Japan

Nothing Compares To You – Galapagos, Petra, Kurayami

April 9, 2022

This is the fifth post in the Travel Highlights Series sharing some of the most enduring highlights of all our …

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Beauty And The Beast – exploring Japanese style from the whimsical to the sublime

April 25, 2021

12-25 March 2019. My first time in Japan was in 2018, and I’ve written about how I tried to take …

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The Ultimate Treasure Hunt – a flea market and a food market in Kyoto

April 8, 2021

25 March 2019. You really need to see this place! I know you love a bargain, and this place is …

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Oh deer! Nara – Japan’s Ancient Capital

February 2, 2021

21 March 2019. We know about the deer of course. It seems they are the first thing we come to, …

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The God of Rice – a Fushimi-Inari pilgrimage.

December 5, 2020

From the beginning of time we humans have worshipped mountains. They are the highest and most impressive elements of any …

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Kyoto’s Magical Mountain – hiking from Kurama to Kibune

October 23, 2020

18 March 2019 I really wanted to hike the Nakasendō, a 534-kilometre ancient highway between Kyoto and Edo (Tokyo). It …

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The Harbinger of Spring – plum blossoms at Kyoto’s shrines

September 14, 2020

12-25 March 2019 I’m either too early or too late. The best time to see the wisteria in Tokyo is …

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Here Be Dragons – Kiyomizudera Temple and the Seiryū-e Festival, Kyoto

July 25, 2020

13-14 March 2019 It begins with a long mournful drone on conch shells. The sound fills the air like a …

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A Moving Work Of Art – a glimpse into the world of the geisha

June 17, 2020

A short anecdote about childhood curiosity: When I was ten years old and living in Melbourne, I was in a …

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You Can’t Trust the Man Behind the Bar; food and fashion in Kyoto

May 11, 2020

11-26 March 2019 After thirty hours of non-stop travel from Delhi we finally arrive at our Airbnb in the Gion …

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Kyoto By The Sea: Amanohashidate and Ine

April 5, 2020

20 March 2019. The houses are lined along the shore like soldiers, creating an organic seam that joins the sea …

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Japan – the Untold Stories

February 22, 2019

27 April-16 May 2018. Trains I’m on a train from suburban Fuchu heading back to my hostel in Central Tokyo …

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The Gorgeous Golden Heart and Soul of Nikko: the Tōshō-gū Shrine

February 13, 2019

2 May 2018. I met a man on the train going to the Shibazakura Festival. He bragged about being a …

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What’s my problem?! Arashiyama is touristy but still has much to offer.

January 23, 2019

14 May 2018. I take the train past the stop for Arashiyama and travel on to Kameoka. I’d read that …

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