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Day 10 of Japan: Koyasan and Okunoin
Pictures ahoy and now complete with text! Today we set out from Kyoto for Koyasan, a village in the nearby mountains that was founded by a Buddhist monk in the 800s AD and now has over 100 Buddhist...
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Day 11 of Japan: Cemeteries, Temples, and back to Kyoto
Today we hit some temples in Koyasan, then spent a lot of time at the amazing Okunoin Cemetery again, said our goodbyes to Koyasan, and headed back to Kyoto. Lots of pictures, and now complete with...
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Day 12 of Japan: Kinkaku-ji Golden Pavillion, Manga Museum, and more Kyoto
Pictures are up, but come back in a day or so for all the neat explanations! Descriptions done! We got up early today determined to beat the crows that frequent the Kinkaku-ji Golden Pavillion Temple,...
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Day 13 of Japan: Return to Tokyo and Akihabara
The return to Tokyo left us tired, but victorious — text is now complete below! We took the shinkansen (“bullet train”) back to Tokyo (first 12 pictures are of this trip). With all baggage in tow, we...
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Day 14 of Japan: Tsukiji and Harajuku
Our second to last day in Japan was a lazy return to some of our favorite spots in Tokyo. Write-up is now complete! With our two days left in Tokyo and having seen pretty much all we wanted to see, we...
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Day 15 of Japan: Edo-Tokyo Museum and Souvenir Shopping
Our last full day in Tokyo was quite a trip– we hit the biggest museum, and then wandered some familiar streets for souvenirs. Descriptions to come, once we’re back in the states! Commentary finished!...
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Day 16 of Japan: Returning to America
Here’s our last pictures of the trip– we’re safe and sound at home now. Travelogue complete! It was with some sadness that we left our little cozy hotel room in the New Izu hotel, which was like a...
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Andrew and Teisha’s Honeymoon in Japan, from May 19th, 2009 to June 3rd, 2009 was amazing, outrageous, breathtaking, amusing, romantic, and above all great fun. Throughout the trip, we documented and...
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I recently attended the Science Writers 2009 conference in Austin, Texas, hosted by the National Association of Science Writers (NASW) and the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing (CASW)....
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