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July 14, 2010

Tokyo adventures: Tsukiji fish market

‘Good god! What time is it?’ I thought as the loud, annoying and familiar sound of my alarm went off next to my head. Tokyo had made me soft. Two weeks in its warm embrace had worn away my tough exterior and turned me into a softy. A month ago waking up at 4am was easy

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July 12, 2010

Tokyo adventures: Yasukuni Shrine

I stood at the gateway to Yasukuni Shrine wondering how to feel. This was the place that had been the focus of more then a few news stories and cause of several diplomatic crisis between Japan and the rest of the world. Yasukuni, the shrine where the souls of millions of Japanese people ‘dedicated to the

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July 10, 2010

Is that you Mr. Ed

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to spend a weekend at a secluded cabin set in the shadow of a famous Japanese icon, Mount Fuji? Well, it was something I had thinking about for a couple weeks, ever since my friend Mr. Kubo (the dentist I met near Lake Towada) had invited

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