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Toshimaen Hanami Party | Neil Duckett

By fz22gq 186 days ago from http://neilduckett.com

Saturday night saw the repeat of last years Hanami Party at Toshimaen. Toshimaen is one of the biggest theme parks in Japan although we were there for none of that carry-on. The easiest way to get to Toshimaen is on the Oedo Subway line, it’s about 18 minutes from Shinjuku.

There must have been a good 30 of us this year, all

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Miss Universe Japan 2008 - Hiroko Mima

By fz22gq 190 days ago from http://neilduckett.com

Last week i previewed the Miss Universe Japan contest, which was held at Tokyo Big Site last night. The winner who will go on to compete in the Miss Universe 2008 competition on the 14th of July in Vietnam is the lovely Hiroko Mima, not my pick but then again i wasn`t asked.

Hiroko, a 22-year-old student from Tokushima, beat

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USD$5.1 Million For Bloggers Site

By fz22gq 192 days ago from http://neilduckett.com

Lastly, I got to work this morning, a little hungover from the 2nd and 3rd parties that saw me in Kabukicho till the wee hours this morning, to read about Danny Choo selling up his site for US$5.1 million, it may be a late April fools day joke and it may be legitimate who knows.

It’s not bad though considering he just write

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Odaiba Island

By fz22gq 194 days ago from http://neilduckett.com

Sunday i took a trip out to Odaiba, 2 trains and about 40 minutes from home.

Odaiba (お台場) is a large artificial island in Tokyo, Japan, featuring many hypermodern and just plain strange looking buildings.

Odaiba was originally constructed in 1853 by the Tokugawa shogunate as a series of 6 fortresses in order to protect To

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Miss Universe Japan 2008

By fz22gq 198 days ago from http://neilduckett.com

A week today and the 10 finalists in this years Miss Universe Japan contenst will take the stage hoping to represent Japan later in the year and Miss Universe 2008.

Since attending Miss Nippon 2008 i had kept a close eye on the calendar in the lead up to next weeks event. Not close enough by the looks of it and it seems tick

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Odakyu Line Train Design Competition

By fz22gq 200 days ago from http://neilduckett.com

It’s a big year for Odakyu Railways this year with a new Romance Car and other additions to the fleet. To celebrate the 80th Anniversary of the good guys down at Odakyu Railways held a competition for primary school kids to come up with a winning train design.

I’m lucky, or unlucky enough depending on which way you look at i

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Snowboarding Japan - Gala Yuzawa

By fz22gq 202 days ago from http://neilduckett.com

This weekend i headed up to Gala Yuzawa, about 1.5hrs North West of Tokyo on the Shinkansen. I must say, it certainly is the easiest way to get to the snow and the same as last week, pretty cheap too. This weeks trip was an up and back affair for 8700 yen, which includes the day on the mountain.

Gala Yuzawa is in Niigata Pre

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Photo Hunt - Metal, Kinzoku | Neil Duckett

By fz22gq 204 days ago from http://neilduckett.com

This weeks theme in The Photo Hunt is Wooden or Kinzoku (きんぞく) in Japanese.

I took this photo of a metal, Sun Tiger water pump, on the way home from my local Sushi bar where i eat dinner and have a few beers several nights each week. You could be mistaken for thinking this photo was taken deep in the country of Japan but it

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Japanese Tattoo Symbols and Examples

By fz22gq 204 days ago from http://neilduckett.com

Japanese Tattoo Symbols are popular all across western society and specifically America and Europe. It’s easy to see why these tattoos are becoming more and more common, kanji are understated, yet impactful – both compact and elegant, a kanji tattoo is the perfect way to make an artistic statement that is both modern and meanin

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Japanese Zodiac - The 12 Signs Explained

By fz22gq 206 days ago from http://neilduckett.com

Japanese Zodiac - The 12 Zodiac Signs

These are the result of zoning time and direction into twelve blocks, each block being given a name of an animal based on the ancient Chinese concept that all time shifts based on these twelve units. In Japan, zoning of the twelve-year cycle, with a different animal in each zone is fairl

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JR Yamanote Line - Gotanda | Neil Duckett

By fz22gq 207 days ago from http://neilduckett.com

This week on the 29 stops of the JR Yamanote Line i visited Gotanda, this was the first time i’d been to Gotanda and exactly the reason behind visiting all 29 stops, to go to places i ordinarily wouldn’t have thought to visit.

Gotanda (五反田, Gotanda) is described as a busy but unfashionable neighborhood in the Shinagawa ward

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Map Of Japan

By fz22gq 207 days ago from http://neilduckett.com

The longer i live in Japan the more i want to see of it and the more i find myself looking for a map of Japan so i can see what’s out there. I’ve been to a few of the prefectures and will mark up one of these maps sometime soon so i can keep track of my travels. There’s a heap of prefectures i know nothing about so having a goo

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Snowboarding Japan - Kawaba Ski Resort | Neil Duckett

By fz22gq 209 days ago from http://neilduckett.com

After 16 months i’ve finally been able to get to the snow for a days Snowboarding. I’ve been to the snow a heap of times but it’s always been on the back of an Onsen Trip, which is considerably different to a day of excercise hurtling down the mountain.

The destination was Kawaba Ski Resort, about 3 hrs on a bus door to door

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White Day In Japan | Neil Duckett

By fz22gq 209 days ago from http://neilduckett.com

In Japan, Valentine’s Day is observed by members of the female gender who present chocolate gifts (either store-bought or handmade), usually to a member of the male gender, as an expression of love. The handmade chocolate is usually preferred by the receiver, because it is a sign that the receiving male is the girl’s “only one”

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JR Yamanote Line - Ebisu | Neil Duckett

By fz22gq 216 days ago from http://neilduckett.com

The 2nd stop for me of the 29 Stops on the Yamanote Line is Ebisu, it’s 3 stations from home so an easy one to get too. Prior to today i’d only been out to Ebisu once and that was for an afternoon at the Ebisu Beer Hall with the other members of the language school i was attending.

Ebisu, formally Yebisu before the ‘ye’ was

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