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Dancing!! Kicking up the Excitement!! Swinging around wildly!!...

A very slow start on Friday in Shimokita after last night"s shenanigans. It"s challenging putting together breakfast in our micro apartment but, we do it using our single hot plate, microwave, kettle...

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Karaoke wa doko desu ka...

This, and a number of immediately following posts, are from our visit to Japan in 2017 that were not previously completed. After publishing these, I will secure the content on a DVD and then delete the...

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A plague of Japanese Schoolkids...

Central Honshu, Honshu being the large island including Tokyo, is the Japanese heartland - The old capital Kyoto, with Nara close by, the #2 city Osaka, Nagoya, Kobe and access to the Japanese Alps,...

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Beware the Deer of Nara...

Nara is considered the birthplace of Japanese civilization and was the capital prior to 784 AD. Modernization and World War II passed it by so it remains an attractive and relaxed town with four UNESCO...

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Sean does the Awa Dori...

So far we've been on the tourist main line - Tokyo, Kyoto, Nara and Hiroshima but now it's time to head to the island of Shikoku to see a little of what most of Japan is actually like.No reasonable...

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Valley of the Yokai and the Peeing Boy...

Tokushima-san, you were intriguing but just a one night stand. Onto the `hidden area`, `this land of secluded mystery`, `home to legends` and of the `Yokai (Ghost) Festival`, the magnificient Iya...

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Ryokan and Machi-ya...

Today we have a complex transfer from the rural Iya Valley in the middle of the island of Shikoku to the historical town of Takayama in the Japanese Alps in Central Honshu. However, using our JR rail...

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Sake Town...

It's pleasant staying at our machi-ya and enjoying the frills like a Western style dining table, space to lay out our stuff and a new-ish washing machine while, at the same time, appreciating the...

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Old Friends...

Another train odyssey takes us from Takayama in the Japanese Alps to Shin-Shirakawa in Fukushima prefecture. Yes, the Fukushima with the destroyed nuclear reactor and exclusion zone. Radiation levels...

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Hoppy Dori...

`Hoppy` is a very low alcohol beer-like drink popular out of necessity directly after the end of World War II when beer was beyond the reach of ordinary people. Usually mixed with liquor, typically...

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