Hamamatsu

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Visiting Yusuke and Yumi..., Hamamatsu, Japan travel blog

Visiting Yusuke and Yumi...

A travel blog entry by rich

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... me some snowboarding lessons, so I`m looking forward to that... In the meantime, I embarked on a seven hour train journey down to Hamamatsu, where I was to stay with the lovely Yumi for a couple of nights. It had been well over two months since I last ...

Meeting up with Yumi..., Hamamatsu, Japan travel blog

Meeting up with Yumi...

A travel blog entry by rich

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... another lengthy masterclass in Shorinji kenpo by Yumi`s dad whilst enjoying the odd sake or three... Unfortunately my time in Hamamatsu concluded with the disappointment of missing out on tickets to the Arctic Monkeys gig...they sold out in ten ...

A really, really, really, really fast train, Hamamatsu, Japan travel blog

A really, really, really, really fast train

A travel blog entry by wendyky

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Trevor took this movie of the Nozomi, the fastest of the three kinds of Shinkansen in service. You can't ride it with a JR Pass - costs extra. Too bad; it'd be really cool to ride it. The video doesn't do it justice; you have to be on the platform to ...

A rEELly good time, Hamamatsu, Japan travel blog

A rEELly good time

A travel blog entry by wendyky

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... kindly drove us around the one full day we had, first to the Ryugashido Caves (limestone caves), then to the Ryotanji Temple, then to the Hamamatsu Castle (home to Tokugawa Ieyasu), only find it closed at 4:30 (we got there at 4:37 - doh!)    ...

Castle hunting in Tokugawa's backyard, Kakegawa, Hamamatsu and Toyohashi, Japan travel blog

Castle hunting in Tokugawa's backyard

A travel blog entry by xerius

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... number of hanami lanterns gave me a good idea on how festive the place should be in a matter of a week or so. Hamamatsu-jō is a small, picturesque replica of the old fortress, destroyed in the Meiji Restoration. Since Tokugawa Ieyasu had made it ...

Hamamatsu Kite Festival, Hamamatsu, Japan travel blog

Hamamatsu Kite Festival

A travel blog entry by fiseb

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... drunk and flying a kite. That's what our second matsuri was all about, on the way back to Fuji. We stopped off in Hamamatsu city (our first ever visit there) to check out the big kite festival! Many international events are also going on as the city has ...

Undercover in Hamamatsu, Hamamatsu, Japan travel blog

Undercover in Hamamatsu

A travel blog entry by monchhichi

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Three to Tango, Part I -- No Speed(o), No Life, Hamamatsu, Japan travel blog

Three to Tango, Part I -- No Speed(o), No Life

A travel blog entry by gadelle

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... before 7 o'clock.  Rental cars all come with a navigation system, so we needed only input our destination, a hotel in Hamamatsu, and follow the instructions.  We'd picked Hamamatsu because at about three and a half hours from Tokyo, we figured ...

Thicker than shoyu, Hamamatsu, Japan travel blog

Thicker than shoyu

A travel blog entry by atlantiche

... or something) have only met once for about a day, but we haven`t shut up for a moment since she picked me up at the Hamamatsu rail station. Having lived here for the last 16 years with her Japanese husband & kids, she`s determined to expose me to every ...

Quintessential, Hamamatsu, Japan travel blog

Quintessential

A travel blog entry by atlantiche

On Sunday Ewa`s husband Makoto had the day off, so kindly volunteered to spend it driving us around the region. We drove towards Mount Fuji ("Fuji-San"), but it was a cloudy day and the volcano is notorious for its shyness. Only a few kilometres away, ...

Living History, Hamamatsu, Japan travel blog

Living History

A travel blog entry by odevened

... Station, after stepping off the shinkansen and walking through the station outside, I saw a memorial to Japan's past, present and future. "The tree of Hamamatsu Citizens," read a sign, and then I jotted down the explanation: "Most of Hamamatsu city was ...

Arai, Arai, Japan travel blog

Arai

A travel blog entry by dta1985

Arai ...

Nice Retreat In Suburban Hamamatsu, Hamamatsu, Japan travel blog

Nice Retreat In Suburban Hamamatsu

A travel blog entry by taigaa001

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... I have to admit that these giant firms make this city famous worldwide but little is known about great historical sites in suburban Hamamatsu. Ryotanji Temple is located at the northeast of Lake Hamana and is best known by a zen meditation garden said to ...

Training in Hamamatsu SYS division, Hamamatsu, Japan travel blog

Training in Hamamatsu SYS division

A travel blog entry by jaimejabali

Training en Sistemas durante toda la semana. Hay cenas con los colegas el martes, miércoles y jueves. Vamos con Erk al ...

its my 2nd timer in japan..working visa, Hamamatsu, Japan travel blog

its my 2nd timer in japan..working visa

A travel blog entry by marimar_diva

i love the signature ...

Japan B/Trip, 5th August 2004, Hamamatsu, Shin Hiroshima..etc, Japan travel blog

Japan B/Trip, 5th August 2004

A travel blog entry by winnerg

testing ...

I love holidays!, Hamamatsu, Japan travel blog

I love holidays!

A travel blog entry by vicki85

... was also a great opportunity to do some people watching. The hairstyles, and footwear were quite interesting! Hamamatsu also has the 2nd largest sand dunes in Japan. They weren't very exciting though because they had barricades and it didn't look at all ...

Tourist Attractions around Nagoya, Hamamatsu, Japan travel blog

Tourist Attractions around Nagoya

A travel blog entry by misocutlet

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... about three times a year, or only ten days in total, but illuminated every night. 14. Nakatajima Sand Dunes: It is located in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka. I mistakenly thought it was the first time to see sand dunes, but come to think of it, it was not the ...

Segunda semana en Hamamatsu, Hamamatsu, Japan travel blog

Segunda semana en Hamamatsu

A travel blog entry by jaimejabali

Cuando llegamos el domingo vamos a la playa. El lunes visitamos ETD por la mañana y SSD por la tarde El martes Center Research (muy interesante, PDE, ...

First night in Japan - Hamamatsu, Hamamatsu, Japan travel blog

First night in Japan - Hamamatsu

A travel blog entry by victor.and.yuna

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Had to take 2 trains to get here.  The second one was the "bullet".  We were going 260 km/hour.  Had dinner on the train, checked into the hotel and I sat down to write ...

Rumbo Hamamatsu, Hamamatsu, Japan travel blog

Rumbo Hamamatsu

A travel blog entry by jaimejabali

... he said-  Vaya decepción, a la primera de cambio ya se me viene abajo y recurre a lo fácil, maldita globalización. En Hamamatsu lo saco a comer por ahí y paramos en un sitio bastante bueno. Después, nos encontramos a Erk en el Hotel y nos ...

Back to Hamamatsu and family dinner, Hamamatsu, Japan travel blog

Back to Hamamatsu and family dinner

A travel blog entry by victor.and.yuna

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... had another traditional Japanese breakfast which included rice (as always), tofu and some raw fish. Then we took a train back to Hamamatsu (Aki's home town).  Before meeting with some of the relatives (lots of brothers and cousins) I managed to check ...

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