Japan Travel

Since it’s snowed about 2 ft. over the past few days where I live, I thought I’d talk about snow.
First off, here’re some Japanese snow scenes for you, taken during 2005 in the Hagiwara district, not too far from Nikko (I think).

I lived in Aomori Prefecture (northernmost prefecture on the main island) during my […]

How much Japanese language and culture can you pack into a 12-sec vid clip?
Quite a lot, it seems…
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Where to start…where to start…
According to the vid description, the clip was taken at the Nikko Edo Mura (Nikko Edo Village). There are quite a few of […]

Check out Brovision. A bunch of vids about interesting places to see/ things to do in J-land.
Sore ja.

Don’t have a lot of time today…maybe something tonight.
Anyway, here’s a “present” for my faithful readers (or anyone else who happens by). It’s free for you to use any way you want, no strings attached…just don’t put my name on it if you use it for something shady. It’s all you:
Click and ye shall receive:
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The “Big Two” airlines in Japan are JAL (Japan Air) and ANA (All Nippon Air). ANA had always been the ugly cousin, coming in a distant second, but over the last few years JAL has lost its luster…now ANA seems to be in the catbird seat.
Anyway, here’s a short ANA CM. There’s a good “real […]

The Killers vid from “Read My Mind,” shot in J’land.

The opening shot is obviously Mt. Fuji.
The green costume thingy is “Gachapin” from the “Ponkikki” kids show. Gachaphin has his own blog HERE, although I have no idea how he types with those big green finners of his…er its.
UPDATE: I did a little reading […]

Konnichi ha.
O-genki desu ka?
You know, “o-genki desu ka” is one of the first phrases I learned (”how are you?”), but it’s not used in Japan as much as you might think. From what I’ve seen, it’s used more when you haven’t seen a person for a while…you’re kinda getting your bearings on how they’re doing.
Anyway, […]

I usually travel to Japan about once a year, but I almost never actually have plans to go…it just kinda happens. I think I average about 6-days notice before wheels up.
So again, I got a message early yesterday morning…need an interpreter…it’s an emergency…blah, blah, blah.
Most likely I’ll be heading to J’land in a few days…maybe […]