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The Typhoon

I wake up at around 6am on the saturday morning. this is not because I'm fully rested, but because the boat is literally falling out of the ocean. it is being shaken like a naughty child and it, in a nutshell, does not feel good. Jeez, that is an understatement. It is effing awful. I, myself, do...

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adamski752 on August 23, 2008 from Osaka, Japan

from the travel blog: Adam's Leisurely Return Home

The day that didn't happen...

I say this because I tried to wake up at 8:30 or so, sat down on the couch and felt the floor of the boat hit the roof... The day before, our friend Brian had called and said that there was a typhoon blowing off of Hong Kong, we of course paid no heed to this, but the next morning heed came and...

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Big_T on August 23, 2008 from Osaka, Japan

from the travel blog: Big_T's Travel Blog

Get on the Boat!

Morning arrives, we eat the regulation free business hotel buffet, and then get a cab to the port. The cab was jam-packed with the 4 of us plus Adam and my massive luggage. The cab driver did not seemed best pleased, especially when the bottom of the car scraped on the gutter as we had...

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Big_T on August 22, 2008 from Osaka, Japan

from the travel blog: Big_T's Travel Blog

The First Part

The day...this is the day I leave Japan...granted, very slowly, but the day I leave Japan nevertheless. After a pleasant evening in Osaka the night before, it was time to get on board the Suzhoushou (or something like that) and whizz off to Shanghai to get the trip home started in earnest. By...

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adamski752 on August 22, 2008 from Osaka, Japan

from the travel blog: Adam's Leisurely Return Home

Atsui ne?

So, it is hot as a mother eff. Today was our first day in, after what seemed to be the longest 12 hours of my life. I spent most of the time on the plane trying to come up with a polite way to wake up my Japanese seat-neighbor in order to go to the bathroom. Sucks that she had to sit next...

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RoboRaptor on August 6, 2008 from Osaka, Japan

from the travel blog: Japan: Irashaimase!

Mementos from Japan

The Good, The Best, and The Strangest from Japan

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lance_q_nguyen on July 14, 2008 from Osaka, Japan

from the travel blog: Japan - July 2008

Kyoto/Nara/Osaka

Day 07 12 Jul 2008 Kyoto/Nara/Osaka Visit Kiyomizu Temple, which houses Goddess of Mercy Statue. After this visit, proceed to Nara by coach. Visit the Deer Park and Todaiji Temple (great Buddha Temple). Continue to Osaka to visit Osaka Castle. Olivia's Notes -...

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lance_q_nguyen on July 12, 2008 from Osaka, Japan

from the travel blog: Japan - July 2008

Osaka

to be filled later

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John Koen on May 24, 2008 from Osaka, Japan

from the travel blog: Asia Tour 2008

Descripcion

Ōsaka (大阪) is the third largest city in Japan, the central metropolis of the Kansai region and the largest of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto trio. Districts Osaka and the "808 Bridges" (八百八) Many districts in Osaka derive their names from the Tokugawa-era bridges that were built during the city's...

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garisti on April 1, 2008 from Osaka, Japan

from the travel blog: Viaje por Asia

Poslednjaja zapis`

Okazivaetsja u menja s soboi okolo 100 kron, naverno hvatit vse ravno. Luchshe postarajsja priehat`. Vse ravno tam esche chemodani zhdat` tak chto eto pozhe 12. Samolet v 12 dnja zavtra po japonskomu vremeni, seichas pol 8 vechera 13 janvarja. Bol`she internet proverit` ne smogu skoree...

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margarita on January 13, 2008 from Osaka, Japan

from the travel blog: Japan trip

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