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Okutama by night Overnight walk in the mountains with a full moon from Okutama station to Musashi Itsukaichi station. Start at 9:45pm, finish at 7am. 13 photos |
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Snowy Shibuya The first snow in Tokyo for Winter 2009/2010 38 photos |
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?????????? Being a ski newbie at Hakuba First time skiing in 13 years. 15 photos |
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Autumn2009 Autumn in Nara 17 photos |
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Mitake-san & the Rock Garden 17 photos |
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Aizu Wakamatsu 40 photos |
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Fuji-san & Kawaguchi-ko 19 photos |
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Rainbow Bridge & Odaiba I walked across the Rainbow Bridge to Odaiba 12 photos |
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Nighttime Tokyo 5 photos |
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Sannomiya Kobe - big Chinatown, old elegant foreign style buildings, memories of the Hanshin Earthquake 20 photos |
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Rivers & canals of Osaka Who knew that Osaka looks so much better from the water? Dotonbori has been upgraded, and a Suijo Bus around to Osaka Castle has sprung up. 21 photos |
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Highlights of Mongolia Marooned in a town called Moron because of a Thai princess changing her plans, drinking fermented mare's milk, riding a two-humped camel, staying in ger tents, travelling along bone-crunching roads, and having a Russian jeep break down in the middle of nowhere 112 photos |
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Ulaan Baatar The capital of Mongolia 19 photos |
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Kawagoe Edo era streetscape away from Edo - this pocket has been preserved whilst the rest of Japan has moved on 14 photos |
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A summer's day in Kamakura 18 photos |
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Mt Buckwheat Grain (Sobatsubu-san) Japanese mountains sometimes have interesting names. This album covers a hike to the misty tops of the mountains north of Okutama - from the town of Nippara to Tenmokuzan & Sobatsubu-san, then back down a valley past Hyakuhiro Falls (One Hundred Fathom Falls) 23 photos |
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Tour de Utsukushigahara 2009 A 22km bike ride in the mountains? No problems, put my name down. What, a 1270 metre ascent up the mountain? What was I thinking? Japan's "gekisaka" (severe slope) hill climb event - the Tour de Utsukushigahara 16 photos |
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Ajisai Rainy season & ajisai, Tokyo 11 photos |
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By Suijo Bus to Asakusa ???????? Catching the Suijo Bus ???? from Hinode Pier (near Hamamatsu-cho) to Asakusa, along the Sumida River. 16 photos |
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Sumo - May Basho 2009 11 photos |
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Japan from above A window seat and a sunny day 8 photos |
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Mojiko ??? "Retro" Mojiko is an historic port town on the very northern tip of Kyushu. It served as a port for early international trade, and also as a port for the short ferry ride across to Shimonoseki on the Honshu side of the Kanmon Strait, before the bridge was built. Everything here is dubbed as "retro" for the tourism market. 26 photos |
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Yufuin ??? Yufuin is a tasteful hot spring town in Oita Prefecture, Kyushu 11 photos |
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Yamanami Highway The Yamanami Highway runs between Yufuin and Kurokawa Onsen in Oita Prefecutre, passing the Kuju highlands. 16 photos |
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Aso-san ??? Aso-san is a highly active volcano in central Kyushu. Catching a ropeway up to the main crater is an Only-in-Japan experience. 11 photos |
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Hanami! 16 photos |
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Floodlit Sakura mania The whole country goes crazy for cherry blossoms. 18 photos |
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Nagasaki 29 photos |
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Enoshima & Hase Daibutsu 13 photos |
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Hakodate, Feb 09 Weekend in Hakodate, southern coast of Hokkaido. It got down to -4 overnight, and I only slipped on my backside on an icy footpath once! Hakodate highlights include the views, the seafood market, and its history as an early trading port. 42 photos |
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Kamakura Feb 09 Visiting the temples and shrines of old Kamakura, including a hike along the "Kamakura Alps". 26 photos |
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Aust -v- Jpn World Cup Qualifier 11Feb09 0-0 draw. Related blog post at http://www.mechakucha.info/?p=934 8 photos |
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Tanzawa Traverse, Feb 09 Up Tanzawa-san, one of Japan's 100 famous mountains, and down the other side to Lake Miya-ga-se, with amazing views of Mt Fuji, and finishing at a surreal Valentine's Festival. 24 photos |
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Around Tokyo Bay in a Day Train to Kurihama, the Tokyo Bay Ferry to the Boso Peninsula in Chiba Prefecture, a visit up a creaky old ropeway to Japan's largest Buddha, and then back by train via Chiba 15 photos |
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Melbourne rooftop deck NYE & fireworks The last sunset of 2008 and the Melbourne NYE fireworks bringing in 2009 from a rooftop deck in Collingwood 6 photos |
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Arima Onsen 4 photos |
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Itsukaichi to Okutama Hiking day trip from Musashi-Itsukaichi to Okutama 10 photos |
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Tsukuba cycilng trip Caught the train to Tsukuba, rode to Tsukuba-san, then to Tsuchiura 17 photos |
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Autumn at Mitake-san Near Okutama, Tokyo-to 17 photos |
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Tanigawa-dake Tanigawa-dake is on the border of Gunma & Niigata Prefectures. It was a trip to see the autumn colours - a week or so late, but we saw the first snow of the season on the summit. 24 photos |
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Daibutsu & Shika Ali & Adrian came to Japan, so where else but spending a sunny autumn weekend than in ancient Nara 10 photos |
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Nikko & Nantaisan 29 photos |
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Yatsukadake Two day hike up Akadake (2,899 metres), at Yatsukadake, Nagano Prefecture 35 photos |
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Numazu to Shimoda From Numazu down the Izu Peninsula 110km to Shimoda by bicycle, over a long weekend 33 photos |
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Mihara, Hiroshima, Saijo Weekend in Hiroshima Prefectire 11 photos |
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Hong Kong Aug 2008 A few days away from Tokyo to Hong Kong, including a close encounter with Typhoon Nuri 27 photos |
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Tsukuba-san A late afternoon trip to Tsukuba-san with Dim 10 photos |
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Akita & Kakunodate A weekend up north in Tohoku trying to escape Tokyo's humidity. See http://www.mechakucha.info/?p=293 18 photos |
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Tou no Take, July 2008 15 photos |
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Farewell Drinks I'm off to Japan next week for 2 years. Here are some photos of my farewell drinks this afternoon. 7 photos |
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East Macdonnell Ranges, Jun 08 13 photos |
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West Macdonnell Ranges, Jun 08 19 photos |
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Alice Springs, Jun08 Alice Springs 9 photos |
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Fremantle, May 08 A sunny Saturday walking around Fremantle 5 photos |
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Adelaide, May 2007 9 photos |
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Kragerø, Feb 2000 The town in Norway where my great-great-grandfather was born. I got to visit here in winter 2000. 15 photos |
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Mustering Flat, March 2008 Hiking trip to Mustering Flat and Mt St Gwinear, March 2008 12 photos |
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Tongariro, Jan 2008 Four days tramping on the Tongariro Northern Circuit - climbing a volcano, passing active steam vents and emerald pools, sunsets over hot springs, and the New Zealand "desert". 54 photos |
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Guam, Jan 1999 Where America's Day Begins. 18 photos |
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Rota, Jan 1999 It's 9 years since I visited Rota, the closest of the Northern Mariana Islands to Guam. The biggest town is a village called Songsong, all drivers wave as you drive past, there were remnants of the Japanese occupation during WW2, and a nice beach 21 photos |
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Pohnpei, Jan 1999 It's 9 years since I visitied Pohnpei, the capital of the Federated States of Micronesia. Kolonia, the capital, was a wild-west type town. I visited ancient ruins at Nan Madol, climbed Sokehs Rock, and drank sakau with the locals. 45 photos |
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Nauru, Jan 1999 I spent a day on the Republic of Nauru in January 1999 when I was travelling through to Micronesia and Guam. Since then, Air Nauru has gone broke, the Pacific Solution has come and gone, and a Commonwealth Games weightlifting gold medallist is now the Nauruan President. 18 photos |
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Sunset from Clifton Hill Sunset over the Melbourne city skyline from my backyard on 29 Nov 07 3 photos |
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Picnic @ Hanging Rock This was our picnic at Hanging Rock in November 2007 7 photos |
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Snow camping on Mt Feathertop Some pictures of my late-season snow camping expedition to Mt Feathertop, September 2007 13 photos |
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Hanover, Aug 2007 Nice relaxing stop after crossing Russia - August 2007 9 photos |
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Siberia through the window Siberia from the "Rossiya" train, which takes 7 days to travel from Vladivostok to Moscow (or 3 days to Irkutsk, where we got off), and from the "Baikal" train from Irkutsk to Ekaterinburg (48 hours) 51 photos |
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Nara, July 2007 Ancient capital of Japan, and where I grew up a whole lot in 1991. 18 photos |
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Great Barrier Reef from Above I like looking down on the world through plane windows. Taken enroute from Sydney to Osaka, July 2007 4 photos |
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Riga, Aug 2007 The capital of Latvia 18 photos |
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St Petersburg, Jul 2007 Venice of the North - a city with more than enough gold gild and tsarist extravagence to ensure a revolution 26 photos |
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Moscow, July 2007 Red Square, the Seven Sisters, and being respectful to Lenin 35 photos |
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Ekaterinburg, Jul 2007 Where the Romanovs were murdered in 1918, thus creating a thriving modern tourism industry 10 photos |
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Lake Baikal, Jul 2007 The largest freshwater lake in the world - with 20% of the world's freshwater 11 photos |
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Irkutsk, Jul 2007 A gem of a city near Lake Baikal, Siberia 13 photos |
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Vladivostok, Jul 2007 Photos of Vladivostok, Lord of the East 13 photos |
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