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Kobe, The Port City

Admittedly we have yet to explore much of Kobe yet, as the only stop we made there was to look at one of the filming site of Ultraman Mebius’ 2006

Osaka Walking – More Walking, Folks!

I really don’t have anything insightful to add in my Osaka post. We had fun just wandering around. Who wouldn’t, when one is in Osaka?

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Osaka Walking – More Walking, Folks!

More Osaka Walking!

A continuation of the first post on Osaka Walking, the idea I copycat

Osaka Walking

I’m taking a leaf out of Lisa’s Ichigoichielove and do a similar post about us walking but instead of Tokyo Walking , we went Osaka Walking. *^^* Will this be a series or just a one-off post this year? Who knows?

At The Station : Kanazawa

I seriously think that my family is not fated to explore much of Kanazawa. The two times we visited Kanazawa , it rained almost the whole day! OK, we managed to visit Kenrokuen and made a trip to Terai to visit Ultraman Stadium ; but other than that, we were indoors and spent much of the time exploring the

Playing With Real Snow!

One sunny day in March 2008, we decided that we should go check out how real snow looks and feels like.

The A-Bomb Dome

What would a visit to Hiroshima be without visiting the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and a stop at this A-Bomb Dome? I’ve posted up about Sadako Sasaki and the Children’s Peace Monument earlier, and if you missed it, do visit and read about it

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The A-Bomb Dome

Children’s Peace Monument And A Story Of Sadako Sasaki

We visited Hiroshima Peace Park in 2008. When we reached the Children’s Peace Monument, we saw brightly colored paper cranes everywhere and this monument. The photo wasn’t good, I know, but on top on the bell-like structure is a statue of Sadako Sasaki holding a crane

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Children’s Peace Monument And A Story Of Sadako Sasaki

Trains, Trains, Trains & A Tram – The West

We had a blast taking numerous trains in Kyushu . However, for the West (by West, I mean the area covered by JR West) it was just a few trains that we tried

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Trains, Trains, Trains & A Tram – The West

Found In Hiroshima

A floating house?

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Found In Hiroshima