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Japan 12: Kyoto

It rained the day we left Tokyo.

Not a heavy, ‘rearrange your plans to get to where you want to’ rain. Just a gentle soft drizzle that hardly wet the ground.

A pessimist might think it was a bit of … Read More

Japan 11: Ah/Nn

When you approach a Shinto shrine in Japan, and there are a couple of them to be seen, you’ll notice that you are always greeted by two Korean stone dogs. You’ll find them on stone pillars, one either side of … Read More

Japan 10: The Soba Nazi

She worked in one square metre of floor space. This was part of a three-square metre slot at the back of a food stall that served as a kitchen.

But the fact that she was not very tall helped. In … Read More

Japan 9: A trilogy of Icons

There are three things that symbolise Japan for me.

They represent the traditional, the emerging and the modern.

The modern symbol of Japan has to be the Bullet Trains or Shinkansen. These marvels of masterful technology rip across the landscape … Read More