While I was in Japan last time, Mat and Sriram and I happened to be in Gifu-Hashima station near Nagoya at night when a Shinkansen went flying through the station. Sriram had the presence of mind to record it on his camera, so if you ever wanted to see (and hear) what it is [...]
Chris at the Todaiji
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Another post from Japan a couple of weeks ago.
On Saturday we checked out of the hotel, checked our bags with the bell hop and took a train to Nara. Nara was the capital of Japan for 74 years [...]
Chris and Mat at Kinkakuji
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Today a delayed post on my last visit to Japan (2 weeks ago).
We spent Friday going through Kyoto. We got a bit of a late start because of complications arising from the “Shot Bar”, but [...]
$3.20 Gasoline
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I was at the gas station yesterday, staring in shock at the amount of money I had to pay to fill up my vehicle, when I decided to use the phone cam to record it for posterity. No more than [...]
Gion Street
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Last night we got to Kyoto and decided to go to Gion, the district famous for Geisha, the traditional Japanese art persons/courtesans. Gion today is an interesting place, full of a variety of eating establishments and bars. We wandered [...]