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June 18, 2004

Tokai Nature Park

Part of the Japanese psyche seems to be that with the big cities and urban sprawl nature has room, thus the beautifully manicured parks of which there are plenty, and just outside of the urban areas are nature-esque places. Only...

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Posted by Shawn on June 18, 2004 06:28 PM
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June 13, 2004

Back to Japan

I am in Japan and barring the early mid-life crisis that resurfaces constantly pulling my psyche toward some type of stability that constitutes the norm (not sure about actually achieving that one), things here are amazingly not that different. The...

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Posted by Shawn on June 13, 2004 09:20 PM
Category: After two months

June 10, 2004

Karaoke- Round 2

At the local Joy Joy, twenty-four hour karaoke is the name of the game. After surprisingly cheap drinks at a local bar we headed over to the even cheaper drinks at Joy Joy where 1000 yen (less than $10.00) per...

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Posted by Shawn on June 10, 2004 02:52 PM
Category: After the wake...

June 05, 2004

Takayama

Takayama- View image Before actually getting to Takayama, a cliche photo of Japan- what I think people might think: View image More than one student I asked called Takayama “little Kyoto.” Having never been to Kyoto I felt no obligation...

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Posted by Shawn on June 5, 2004 12:50 PM
Category: After the wake...
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