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Places in Japan: One Fantastic Day in Historic Takayama

Posted on July 21, 2011 by

Reesan from loneleeplanet has started up a new blogging festival called J-Festa to showcase the best of Japan, and this month’s theme is “Places in Japan.” I thought I would use the opportunity to feature a place that I visited … Continue reading →

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Dreaming of Spring: Children’s Day and Koinobori

Posted on February 18, 2011 by

I’m getting a little tired of the winter weather here in Tokyo, so since this month’s Japan Blog Matsuri (graciously hosted by loneleeplanet) is themed “famous Japanese events”, I thought I would choose a slightly warmer topic to muse about. … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday #2: Temple of Snow, Sapporo

Posted on February 9, 2011 by

Gigantic Replica of Nara’s Horyu-ji Temple, Odori Park, 2006 Sapporo Snow Festival In honor of the 62nd annual Sapporo Snow Festival, which kicked off on Monday. More pictures My original post about the festival

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Yokohama Port Opening Festival and Ocean Day

Posted on July 21, 2008 by

Yesterday, I attended the annual festival commemorating the port opening of Yokohama. 6,000 fireworks were released over the course of an hour and 10 minutes, which made for a pretty good show. My school hosted a party for its students, … Continue reading →

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Omi Shrine Festival

Posted on May 23, 2006 by

So, I promised that I’d post pics from the snippet of the Omi Shrine Festival that I caught this weekend, after my triumphant return from Okinawa. There were apparently a lot of costumes and a parade, but I just saw … Continue reading →

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Sapporo Snow Festival

Posted on February 13, 2006 by

So, despite a long workweek, Rosalind and I flew off to Sapporo on Friday for the 57th Annual Sapporo Snow Festival. The flight from Niigata to Hokkaido took a mere hour and after a subsequent train and bus, we met … Continue reading →

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The Big Snake Festival

Posted on August 28, 2005 by

Click here to view more photos Originally uploaded by kristi-san. Yesterday, the JET crowd hit up yet another local summer festival. This time it was the “big snake” festival out in Shitada, a fairly small city about 40 minutes away … Continue reading →

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Sado Earth Celebration 2005

Posted on August 22, 2005 by

On Friday, I went over to Sado Island for the annual Earth Celebration Festival with Aaron, Grace, and some of the other ALTs. We drove down to Joetsu and took a ferry to Ogi to see the Friday night concert. … Continue reading →

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Kamo Festival!

Posted on August 14, 2005 by

Today was the Kamo Festival, which meant lots of fun for the new Kamo ALTs! Rosalind and I started off with lunch at Pinokio’s and a walk by the river with Grace. In the evening, we were dressed in yukata … Continue reading →

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Yahiko Mountain and Nagaoka Fireworks

Posted on August 4, 2005 by

Took the day off work yesterday to do a little bit of sightseeing around Niigata. Julia and Yamaya-san (the giver of the car) took me to practice driving and showed me the routes to the other three junior highs I … Continue reading →

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