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Wat’s Up?
While over in this part of the world, Amy’s number one destination to visit was Cambodia and the temples around Siem Reap, specifically Angkor Wat. You can check the link for the history. It really is one of the most spectacular … Continue reading
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Tagged Angkor Wat, Cambodia, Seoul, Shinta Mani, Siem Reap
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Miscellaneous Mania…
This post will be photo-heavy, not from any laziness on my part mind you. OK, maybe just a little. So pay attention to the captions. Our biggest ‘adventure’ was going to see the summer fireworks show (hanabi-taikai) at the Meiji … Continue reading
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Tagged Azabu Juban, Festival, Fireworks, Hotel Okura, Tea
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‘Betcha by Golly, Wow’
Forgive me for burying the lede, wishing to save the best for last. August in Tokyo is nothing if not hot. And by Grabthar’s Hammer is it hot (I’ll let you non-nerds look that one up). I will never complain about … Continue reading
Kamakura
We took the train out to this historic area just about an hour south of Tokyo on the coast. It was the center of a very important era of early government (Shoguns, etc.) Not much to say other than we … Continue reading
Reigning Cats…
As always, meandering musings of nothing in particular, but pictures make it bearable… Today (tomorrow for you past-dwellers) is ‘Tanabata,’ the ‘Star Festival.’ To celebrate we wrote wishes onto slips of paper and tied them to trees temporarily imported into … Continue reading
Tokyo Disney is Something to See
The Tokyo Disney complex is about an hour away from the apartment toward the North end of Tokyo Bay. There are two main complexes; The Magic Kingdom and DisneySea, along with the usual shopping malls and hotels. We spent the … Continue reading
A Little of This…
…a little of that. First up, food. Let me say right off that food is likely to come up quite a bit in these posts. It’s probably because I’ve never seen so many restaurants jammed together in my life. I would … Continue reading
180 Degrees of Food
We went out to eat both Thursday and Friday nights. The meals couldn’t have been more different. Each was eaten on a very rainy night. June and July constitute ‘tsuyu,’ or the ‘rainy season,’ and we’re resigned to getting wet … Continue reading
People and Other Things
There is a lot of amazing architecture here to counter-balance the mostly plain post-war brick and concrete structures. But the most interesting thing about Tokyo is people. Twenty-plus million of them. And while the people here may be fairly conservative … Continue reading
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