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Haiku from Spring Elegance Tour April 2012
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Here is a selection of some of the Haiku that my Spring Elegance tour group came up with in a semi-inebriated state during our last dinner together… Drink Japanese sake, Eat tempura, sashimi, You are Japanese. We were very dry, Our yen pieces at the ready, […]
Fushimi Inari
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Fushimi Inari Tori & Junior high school girls
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! One of our guides in Kyoto is the very lovely and talented Ayako Kiyono san. Kiyono san knows her stuff when it comes to Kyoto and has shown hundreds of our travellers around the old Imperial capital. Kiyono san wanted to write about one of her favourite […]
Ise and the spirit of Japan
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Shall I have the wagyu burger? It`s a tough decision. I am 5 minutes walk from the main shrine at Ise. Strolling the back streets outside, I have already eaten a bowl of chubby Ise udon noodles, a minced pork slice and a shark meat onigiri. Conspicuous consumption is addictive. And fun. So joining the spirit of the insatiable crowds, […]
Happy kanji
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Listen in Japanese
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! The Japanese language is so complicated, multi-layered and interesting, even for a novice speaker like me. Here’s a kanji character that I like a lot: 聴く きく kiku to hear; to listen; to ask Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
The day I met the Emperor
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! I once met the Emperor of Japan! Well, kind of… At least he and his wife rode past me in a car and waved. I was sightseeing with friends in Tokyo and we wandered through the Imperial Palace gardens. A lot of people seem to think the […]
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! I once met the Emperor of Japan! Well, kind of… At least he and his wife rode past me in a car and waved. I was sightseeing with friends in Tokyo and we wandered through the Imperial Palace gardens. A lot of people seem to think the […]