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Travel Japan with a Japan Rail Pass

July 17, 2009
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Japan isn’t a huge country, but it’s long and skinny, so there are often quite large distances between the cities you might want to visit. By far the best way to get around Japan quickly is to use the Japan Rail network, which includes the famous shinkansen or bullet trains, as well as other fast [...]

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Highlights of a Tokyo Trip

June 19, 2009
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Any place you visit in Japan offers you a mix of traditional Japanese culture and modern hi-tech Japan, and the capital city of Tokyo offers perhaps the most interesting mix of all – plus even if you can’t speak Japanese, you’re bound to find locals who will bend over backwards to help you out and [...]

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Travel Photo of the Day 6/12/2009 Surfing in Japan

June 12, 2009
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The Travel Photo of the Day for 6/12/2009 is of surfing in Japan was taken by goodsurfers2009

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One of the most underrated surfing destinations on the globe is Japan. There are thousands of avid surfers in Japan. Near the city of Chiba, the waves are famous for being perfect both for amateurs and [...]

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Sunset over Megami Bridge in Nagasaki Japan Travel Photo of the Day 4/3/2009

April 3, 2009

The Travel Photo of the Day for 4/3/2009 is of the Sunset over Megami Bridge in Nagasaki Japan and was taken by PermanentTraveller

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The Megami Bridge is a cable-stayed structure in Nagasaki, Japan that was completed in 2006. More than 1,500 feet in length, the Megami Bridge has thousands of vehicles cross over [...]

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Travel Hot Spots – 11 Volcanic Regions Around the World

September 11, 2008
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Rabaul Caldera, Papua New Guinea
The Rabaul Caldera on the island of New Britain in Papua New Guinea erupted in 1937, 1944, and 1994. In the 1994 eruption, the two craters of Tavurvur and Vulcan erupted simultaneously, covering the nearby town of Rabaul in ash and causing the evacuation of about 90,000 people. The volcanic activity [...]

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13 Japanese Scream Machine Roller Coasters

August 4, 2008
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If you can’t make it to Japan to test these rides yourself, these videos will give you a good idea of what you’re missing.

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Travel Osaka With a Kiwi Teacher

July 10, 2008

You’ll get a great taste of the wonders of Japan by reading Under the Osakan Sun by Hamish Beaton, a young New Zealander who spent three years working as a high school English teacher in Kanan town, an outlying suburb of Osaka.

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