Tag: JAPAN

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Climbing Mt Fuji in Japan: one summer tale

Think Japan and probably sooner than later Mt Fuji will come up. Legendary as this mountain is we were thrilled about being able to see it, hopefully take some good pictures and maybe even climb it? With this in mind we arrived to Shizuoka, the city with a bullet train stop closest to Mt Fuji, [...]

September 9, 2009 | 8 Comments More
Kimonos are as in as always; two friends in Tokyo.

The empire of the rising sun now loves manga

It was difficult for me to imagine Samurai soldiers once rode their horses into battle on the same fields I was now travelling through in a bullet train at over 300 km/h. I could picture them with their flashing armours and mysterious weapons raging into battle but never loosing what Japanese are famous for: honor. [...]

September 8, 2009 | 0 Comments More
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