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Category Archives: Travel in Japan
Nine Steps to Organizing 90 Days in Tokyo
Organizing a 3-month private stay to study Ikebana (flower arranging) in Tokyo is not unlike other major event planning.
The People: Kishin Shinoyama Exhibit in Kanazawa
I manage to catch the last day that photographer Kishin Shinoyama’s photographic exhibition The People is showing at Kanazawa’s stunning 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art. (Do take a peek at the building here as it is beyond words.)
Beginners and Beginnings
Last week I downloaded Microsoft’s Translator to my phone. Now I can photograph, keyboard or speak into the phone and get an instant English to Japanese or Japanese to English translation. Someone with whom I wish to communicate can hear … Continue reading
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Tagged beginning study, beginning Tokyo life, beginnings, New Beginnings
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Tanigumi Kegonji: A Satori Experience
As part of the ongoing celebration of five years of blogging at The Way of Words, today I reprise a single story in 5 posts. These describe an intense experience in a remote Japanese temple during a single afternoon which … Continue reading
Travel’s Serendipitous Surprises
Often (sometimes multiple times a day) something unexpected and special takes me by surprise when traveling through Japan. Out of curiosity, I’d gone to Jizo Dori mainly to check out the “Harajuku for grandmothers” and “aka pantsu.”
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Tagged Aka pantsu, Jizo Dori, Rikugien Gardens
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Not so Hot: Trying to Stay Warm under the Kotatsu
What’s not to love about Japan? Plenty. Like any other nation and culture it has flaws and problems galore. Even though I don’t have blinkers on, my purpose in writing about my journeys and adventures in Japan is not … Continue reading
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Alone and Homeless in Tokyo
I vividly recall feeling alien, and adrift—as if I were an insignificant insect who belonged nowhere crawling along the city’s sidewalks. Continue reading
Why Japan?
People often ask me: Why Japan? How do you explain falling in love? Continue reading
Tourist or Traveler: Which are You?
Are you a tourist or traveler? Does the distinction matter? Continue reading
Nai tokoro: the not state or place
At the moment I have moved to the place of no words. Although that creates a void, a retreat into this period of silence also feels right. Continue reading