Japan

Japan Travel Guide Online

Japan is about as far East as you can go before you start feeling Western again. It’s way out on the edge of civilisation and in some ways feels like ...

Japanese Culture - Love Hotels

The Japanese are almost a species apart. A reserved, formal culture laden with hierarchy and rigid social expectations, when it comes to dating and sex they are in a world ...

Lost in Translation, Tokyo

I recently re-watched “Lost in Translation” (2003) on DVD thus marking the year anniversary of its release in Japan
. Watching the movie again, it reminded me of ...

Kyoto Zen - Japan Travel Story

Time flies like and arrow, so do not waste energy on trivial matters. Be attentive. Be attentive! — Zen Master Daito, 1337

I am from Canada but I now live ...

Ronin & Samurai in Japan

Every country has at least one story that strikes a deep chord within the heart and soul of a culture resonating through out the entire being of its society. It’s ...

Japan, Travel, Bars and Women

It’s hard to be expressive when you are living in a room just seven foot square. I have tried to grumpily pace but covering the length of the room with ...

Japan Travel Story - Fake Rolexes, Israeli Mafia, Yakuza

It’s said that a fool and his money are soon parted. And that’s exactly why there are so many Israelis selling jewelry on the streets of Japan – they’re making ...

Hooligans Japan World Cup

Leave it to the Japanese to show us the meaning of panic. For months prior to the World Cup of 2002, the word hooligan sent shivers through the nation. ...

West of the Sun - Kyoto, Japan Travel Story

Hysteria Siberiana: an illness affecting Siberian farmers overwhelmed by the distance of the plains of Siberia, heading off ‘like someone possessed’ for a land west of the sun. The monk ...

Japan Airport Travel - A Fragile Gaijin

I feel fragile and glassy.

Outside the rain is falling down and tattooing on the Arrivals Hall. I feel like the next person to jostle me is going to fracture me ...

Ropponghi Japan Nightlife

Love it, hate it, loathe it, leave it. Roppongi is a people magnet. Perhaps it doesn’t attract the most savory of characters, but all walks of life rub elbows and ...

Japan :: Japan Photo Guide - Dragons

Posted on Jun 05, 2007 by David Weber. Filed in: Photo Guides - Japan

Dragons in the Far East are a symbol of wealth, wisdom, health and happiness.

Japan :: Japan Photo Guide - Street scenes and icky food

Posted on Jun 05, 2007 by Jim Klee. Filed in: Photo Guides - Japan

Japan’s society blends the ultra-modern and traditional. From girls in kimonos to salarymen in dark suits, all that is wild and wonderful comes to life in photography.