Japan

Apr 25th, 2010

Street performers in Kyoto, Japan

Here are a couple of videos I took of street performers in Kyoto, Japan. I got chatting to the hip-hop dude for a few hours, sharing beers and generally having a great time while I was wondering the streets alone. Good times. I miss Japan!

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Feb 12th, 2010

Photo Friday – Hokkaido Ramen

I’m now back in North East Thailand after an epic trip to Japan, and thought I’d dedicate this Photo Friday to my favorite ramen noodle dish! A difficult decision as I can honesty say they were all equally delicious! I have eaten noodle dishes in every country I’ve visited in Asia and Japan wins hands

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Feb 11th, 2010

Snowboarding in Tiene, Sapporo, Japan

After getting up nice and early we headed to the train station to get a train to Tiene, about an hour away from Sapporo to do some  snowboarding. Luckily the JR ticket office in Sapporo station sold packages which included snowboard or ski hire, lift passes and transport which consisted of a 20 minute train

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Feb 7th, 2010

Snow sculptures at the Sapporo Snow Festival, Japan

Today I checked out the snow sculptures at the Sapporo Snow Festival, which were amazing! Some of the sculptures must have taken days to carve out and I’m thankful to the peps that put the effort in as I was blown away by how impressive they were. Got to love the attention to detail. Time

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Feb 7th, 2010

Ice sculptures at the Sapporo Snow Festival, Japan

There’s a little random story on how I ended up coming over to Japan. I stumbled upon the Sapporo Snow Festival’s web site a few weeks ago and sent the link over to a buddy while we were communicating  on chat. He thought it looked cool and within the hour we had both booked our

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