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Hotel Ruiz Morioka

7-15 Morioka Ekimae Dori Morioka, Iwate, Tohoku, 020-0034, Japan

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Why Japan will Overcome this Crisis

A travel blog entry by teachoffthemap

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... boys gave me my first lessons in Japanese by teaching me comedic catch phrases from one-time famed Japanese comedian Yoshio Kojima. Following in the boys footsteps, I added the word "oppappi" to my vocabulary to the delight of many Japanese friends. Nowadays they tell me “oppappi” is too old and that I need to get new jokes but I still enjoy the nostalgia of “ocean pacific peace”.

During my stay, the family brought me to ...

Kakunodate, Nyuto Onsen Hot Spring, Zuihoden

A travel blog entry by misocutlet

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I left the lodge at 6:20. The landlady came out to the hall, when I left the lodge, just saying "good bye." It was just a word, but thanks to her, I pleasantly began my day. Then I caught the first train to Kakunodate. Kuakunodate was only 20 minutes' train-ride from Tazawako. Unfortunately, trains didn't run frequently and did only in the morning and late afternoon. Other than that local buses and Shinkansen bullet trains were available, but they looked inconvenient ...

Encounter with a samurai

A travel blog entry by anja_taferner

... so I might be a little early for that... Most interesting about the train ride - the girls selling drinks and food as well as the train attendants bow at the entrance of the car before coming in and when leaving (leaving is particularly interesting, since they have to turn back to face the passengers for that)... The Japanese don't seem to notice, i always felt this urge to bow back (which would be totally silly while sitting on my seat, but hey) Arrived ...

Thoughts on the Train

A travel blog entry by trainsnotplanes

... I have not yet seen any livestock. One or two rice fields, yes, but not a single cow.


Beth commented on the peculiarity of the natural vegetation on the hillside. Along with the standard broadleaf trees that you would find across temperate Europe are interspersed species that we would only find in garden centers; ornamental specimens for experimental horticulturalists. This mixture of the everyday and the exotic gives a certain unreality to the ...

Set Views

A travel blog entry by trainsnotplanes

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The importance of the development of digital photography cannot be underestimated in Asia. Now everything can be photographed, everything captured. And yet, bizarrely not everything is. With the capacity for limitless image production, the Asians limit themselves to a few prescribed views, a catalogue of pre-ordained vistas. There are a plethora of photos taken of these, a whole memory-card full. But there are none looking the other way. None ...

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