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Soggy send-off – Day 14

  • by Angela
  • Posted on 9 Oct ’1023 Jun ’11
  • asia
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Photos It was with great excitement and anticipation that I awoke this morning, only to have it dashed rather soggily as I discovered it was raining rather excessively. Festival fail. Unfortunately, this meant that the […]

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Training to Takayama – Day 13

  • by Angela
  • Posted on 8 Oct ’1023 Jun ’11
  • asia
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Photos There is one thing I certainly won’t miss–the tiptoeing around in the morning so as to not disturb your fellow bunkmates. As I quietly got my things together, along with a quick good morning/evening […]

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A tour of Kanazawa – Day 12

  • by Angela
  • Posted on 7 Oct ’1023 Jun ’11
  • asia
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Photos My plan for the day was really to hit the highlights of Kanazawa. After answering a barrage of emails regarding my recruitment for my thesis follow-up study I’m running when I get back to […]

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Golden town – Day 11

  • by Angela
  • Posted on 7 Oct ’1023 Jun ’11
  • asia
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Photos My train didn’t leave until 10 am, so I was able to leisurely finish packing and surfing. I was a little leary of hauling my somewhat heavy luggage down to the station, but in […]

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Dance of the Geisha – Day 10

  • by Angela
  • Posted on 5 Oct ’1023 Jun ’11
  • asia
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Photos Today was my only full day in Kyoto, and thankfully it was a beauty. The morning sun beaming brightly I headed out just before 9 am, making a quick stop at a nearby coffee […]

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Miyajima, monkeys and the A-Bomb – Day 9

  • by Angela
  • Posted on 4 Oct ’1023 Jun ’11
  • asia
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Photos What a day! My somewhat impulsive decision to head to Hiroshima for the day lead to my heading out the door at quarter to 8 to catch an 8:20 shinkansen. I had originally wanted […]

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Transiting – Day 8

  • by Angela
  • Posted on 3 Oct ’1023 Jun ’11
  • asia

I awoke same time as always–my internal clock seems firmly fixed at 6 am–and got my things together. There technically wasn’t Wifi upstairs, but I managed to sneak a single bar and have a quick […]

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Shrinetastic – Day 7

  • by Angela
  • Posted on 2 Oct ’1023 Jun ’11
  • asia
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Photos It is somewhat ironic that I’ve been waking up at the crack of dawn for the last week, and on the day I actually need to get up at 6 am, it is rather […]

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Soaking away in bubbling bliss – Day 6

  • by Angela
  • Posted on 2 Oct ’1023 Jun ’11
  • asia
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Photos I awoke with somewhat of a plan for my last day in Tokyo. Upon conferring with D, I decided that I’d invest in one of the Hiroshige woodblock prints I’d spied the previous day. […]

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Art. Art. Art. More Art. (Tokyo edition) – Day 5

  • by Angela
  • Posted on 30 Sep ’1023 Jun ’11
  • asia

Despite my brief bout of wakefulness at the ungodly hour of 3 am, I was actually up at the semi-decent hour of 7 am. The steady drizzle against my hotel window certainly slowed my morning […]

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