Category: 365 days in Japan

365 days in Japan, one photo at a time.

Day 5- Decoration

Everywhere you go in Japan there seem to be decorations, mostly in the form of hanging lanterns with symbols I don’t understand. I like it, it brightens things up. I saw these ones just strolling through a shopping promenade.

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Day 4- Welcome to Hagi

With the lights of Tokyo twinkling on the horizon it was time to head to where I am teaching for the year- Hagi, in the south west of Honshu, Yamaguchi prefecture. Hagi is a little different from Tokyo- a quaint little place on the beach where you can cycle just about everywhere. On the first […]

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Day 3- The Lights of Toyko

Exhausted from a lack of sleep and traipsing the streets of Tokyo we scaled the stairs of the Tokyo Government building with the promise of a spectacular view. The cityscape did not disappoint and I think sums up Tokyo quite well- a sprawling maze of neon, tall buildings and confusing things. I have to say […]