Japan: Takayama
As Nagoya seeming to be the starting point for any trip to Takayama, my friend and I decided to make the trip …
Japan: Takayama: Autumn Festival Floats
I just so happened that I visited Takayama on the weekend of the local Autumn Festival. One of the big things for …
Japan: Takayama: Hida Folk Village
On a recent weekend trip to Takayama, my friend and I made a trip to the Hida no Sato, or Hida Folk …
Japan: Vending Machines
I’d never seen one of those vending machines that pours your drink in a paper cup before, but I knew of them …
Japan: Nagoya: School Lunch
One of the best improvements on life when I come to East Asia is the quality of food available for school lunches. …
Japan: Nagoya: Sundays in Sakae
[People going for a stroll on a main thoroughfare in downtown Nagoya] One of the strangest experiences I’ve had lately (and I …
Japan: Nagoya: Pizzeria Marino
On Sunday, Eriko, Sae, Jenny and I had a Girls’ Day Out in Sakae for Sunday lunch. We went to a place …
Japan: Nagoya: Osu Kannon Temple
At one end of the Osu Kannon Shopping District is the Osu Kannon Temple, a Buddhist temple that was originally built in …
Japan: Nagoya: Nagoya Castle
[Nagoya Castle] Exhausted though I was from the first week of teaching, I decided to make a trip to Nagoya Castle, in …