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Day 2–The Valley’s Centre

Posted on December 3, 2017 by Joel

Yesterday’s post now has photos. Also, I decided to actually proof read it. Japan has the world’s highest proportion of vending machines, with approximately one for every fifteen people. I rarely went anywhere today without seeing at least one – … Continue reading →

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Day 1–The Upper Field

Posted on December 2, 2017 by Joel

So! Headed off to Japan today! Japan, Land of the Rising Sun (being a literal translation of “nihon”, the Japanese name of the country). It’s the tenth most populous country in the world, but only sixty-first largest in area, or … Continue reading →

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Volume II – Just Joel in Japan

Posted on November 30, 2017 by Joel

In just two days, I’ll be headed off to Japan again! Finally, for the first time since our trip seven years ago. Just me for this trip, though. Originally, planning for this trip started as another SpockSoc trip, but everyone … Continue reading →

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One Week On – Random Thoughts

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Joel

I sent this blog out to everyone before I left for Japan – it’s become increasingly clear to me in the last week that sending it to everyone means that noone actually recieved it. One thing I noticed about Japan … Continue reading →

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Day 16a – So There We Were All In One Place…

Posted on September 6, 2010 by Joel

It seemed to me that the further we went into our trip, the more tourists we’d see. I have no idea whether that’s because we were slowly moving into the real tourist season, or whether we were visiting more touristy … Continue reading →

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