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Yeah, I’m totally over uploading the Japan photos now. They didn’t inspire me as much as the Europe ones for some reason. Here’s one of the last I uploaded: So anyway, back in New Zealand I went a shot one … Continue reading
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Two days in Tokyo, flying home at the end of the second. Main aim for day one was to check out Electronics Mecca – Akihabara Electric Town. Because of the inside of shops thing I don’t have a lot of … Continue reading
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7 April – Toyota Nagoya plant. Took us quite a ways off the main tourist routes, but it was interesting to see given a loose interest in cars and Toyota’s business model from a work perspective. And you know you’re … Continue reading
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We’re up to the 6th of April. Morning in the monastery and Koyasan then down to Nagoya (our base for getting out to the Toyota factory). The paper thin door to our room: The view just outside our room: Exploring … Continue reading
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Ok, this one covers the 5th of April, day 10 in Japan. It’s quite a trip from Hamamatsu up to Koyasan. I think we started the day by hunting bento boxes (to have for lunch on the train) at around … Continue reading
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This post covers April 4th Woke up, breakfasted then filled in some time in Hamamatsu in the morning waiting for the train: Saw an interesting rack: Watched the street cleaner lady: Anyway, the train got us from Hamamatsu to Shizuoka … Continue reading
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Ok, we’re all back in New Zealand, so now I’ll have a a chance to catch up on blog posts covering the last week of the trip. For today we spin the clock back to April 3rd where the mission … Continue reading
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Cherry (Sakura) blossoms are something of a big deal in Japan. Our trip coincided well with the season (which incidentally, is closely monitored and forecasted by the Japanese Meteorological Agency. The season is well covered by photographers -Jeffrey Friedl for … Continue reading
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It’s our last day in Japan tomorrow, we fly out around 6pm. We’ve got a few things lined up to do here in Tokyo, but generally taking it easy and getting out to the airport in plenty of time. Japan … Continue reading
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Today (2 April) we needed a break from missioning around everywhere, so decided we’d do the domestic stuff and catch up on laundry. Started by visiting a little coffee shop that we’d been to a couple of days earlier. Coffee … Continue reading
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Today (1 April) we hit Nara for the Big Buddha and Osaka for the Big Sky Building. Big Buddha’s house: Squeezing through this hole (approx the same size as the big Buddah’s nostril) brings life long good luck. Buying little … Continue reading
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By the way, with these little everytrail route maps you can click and zoom and stuff (or even view with a fancy pants flash animation that shows a dot moving around the route at the same relative speed as we … Continue reading