Otsu
Travel Blogs from Otsu, Japan
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Luxurious Onsen Resort
<I am sorry for the lack of picture in the following two entries, my camera was out of action temporarily and I have not yet retrieved photos from Alex and Jo that may be useful. I will put some good ones up later, promise!!> Last night's stay ...
Today is your tomorrow
"Explain the time difference to me again please? Is today tomorrow or yesterday in Japan?" -Mom Hahaha! I love my mother!!! :) For anyone else who's been wondering, we're 13 hours ahead of you guys in the states. So when it's Monday night there, it's ...
Enkai work party
8-29-2006 Monday The Japanese seem to be detail-oriented, perfectionists. In some packages, every cookie comes individually wrapped with various sheets of paper. Trains arrive with the doors directly in front of the boarding numbers, not a second late. ...
Zen Life
... wet and the trees themselves look like clumps of moss. We talk about Keralan food and the God of Small Things and London and Japan. Everything -the rythms, the colours, the voices- are so subdued, that we seem to be characters in a Swedish movie. Five ...
Daytrip to Enryaku-ji
While Sebastian's family and Matt check out Himeji castle, we (Sebastian and Fiona) take a day trip to nearby Enryaku-ji. The temple area is fairly high up on a mountain, so it takes 3 trains, a cable-car, and a rope-way to get up to the area where we ...
First encounter with the students
... they're some type of teaching certificate. Later on we had what JET likes to call "Survival Orientation". Second and third year JETs (Japan Exchange Teachers) explained the best way to send money home, where to get big packages sent, how to pay our bills, ...
Big Bridge
... friendly and fun. Personality and kindheartedness shine through on a regular basis. For some reason, my image of life in Japan was much different. Sarcasm, I've been told, is not easily understood by Japanese because it's nonexistent in their language! ...
Pictures as presents
10/26/2006 Thursday I don't have much time to write, but I wanted to post these pictures given to me by various people here in Japan. I just learned how to use the scanner. ...
Shiga prefecture part 2
... We went for a nice hike though and then hit the hot springs. Now for pretty much everybody, visiting an onsen in Japan is a wonderful, relaxing experience. It can seem a bit daunting at first to get all the rules and customs down pat ...
Japan; Shiga prefecture part 1
... in Chisa's home town of Ogoto. This same festival is celebrated across many smaller towns and villages across parts of Japan under different names. Apart from the Ogoto matsuri we also went to one in Ogi where Chisa's friend from high ...
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