Minoo

Travel Blogs from Minoo, Japan

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First Entry, Minoo, Osaka, Japan travel blog

First Entry

A travel blog entry by genpdp7

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... wild cats and dogs in my life. And huge, massive black crows that caw very loudly. For those of you who have played Earthbound, Minoo is a lot like Onett. The town is just south of some very large mountains, and Osaka Gaidai is situated just at the foot ...

Study Tour, Minoo City, Osaka, Japan travel blog

Study Tour

A travel blog entry by genpdp7

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I just got back from our "Kyoto" Study Tour. It was a lot of fun, but we actually didn't go anywhere near Kyoto, so I don't know why it was called that. First we went to a Kirin factory that makes juices and teas, and had a factory tour. It wasn't very ...

Minoo Koen, Minoo, Osaka, Japan travel blog

Minoo Koen

A travel blog entry by genpdp7

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... to Minoo Koen (Minoo Park) to look around. It's a park built in the middle of some heavily forested mountains. It's legendary in Japan due to the large waterfall and the wild monkeys. I did see the waterfall, but unfortunately I'll have to go another time ...

Random Update, Minoo City, Osaka, Japan travel blog

Random Update

A travel blog entry by genpdp7

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... 's no central water heater- and this also takes batteries. All this technology seems to be at odds with other aspects of life in Japan though- virtually no one, as far as I can tell, even owns a dryer- everyone hang-dries their clothes here. I really hate ...

Halloween, Minoo City, Osaka, Japan travel blog

Halloween

A travel blog entry by genpdp7

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... here, Casey, told us some of the ghost stories here at Osaka Gaidai. Apparently, this school has the second highest suicide rate in Japan- at least one per year. It's also rumored to be haunted, most likely for that reason. There's supposedly a ...

Minoo, Minoo, Japan travel blog

Minoo

A travel blog entry by r9roon9

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... a Wendys next to the train station! So cold and wet from our hike we gladly went in for a bit to eat. Wendys in Japan tastes quite different than Wendys at home...especially the frostys which was a bit of a disappointment. Oh, and the Wendys doesn't have ...

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