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Monthly Archives: August 2010
Day 6 – Matsumoto Castle
After catching a super express to Matsumoto, we arrived in 37°c heat and set about trying to find a locker for our luggage. I discovered with a bit of planning my main bag fits in the most common, smallest size … Continue reading
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¥en
One thing that still seems a bit weird to me is the 1 Yen coin. It is small and made of aluminium, and seems to rapidly accumulate. Coming from a country that has discarded values below 5c, having a coin … Continue reading
Technical Difficulties
As viewers of our blog may have noticed, the server was down for most of the 26th. Apparently some critical networking component at my web hosting company failed, and it took a while to get a replacement. On another technical … Continue reading
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Day 5 – Fujisan Descending
One thing that frustrates me about taking photographs is how hard it is to make them look good. We see so many spectacular or beautiful or breath-taking things, but the moment we point a camera at it, it suddenly becomes … Continue reading
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Tagged japanese proverb, Machida station, mount fuji, Pocari Sweat, Walking
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Day 4-5 – Mt Fuji:The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
We started of the day with a nice trip to the 5th station of Subashiri Trail. To get the most value of our JR Rail pass we went all the way on JR. Machida -> Shin-Yokohoma -> Mishima ->Numazu -> … Continue reading
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