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Hiroshima, heavy with history and tragedy

. A southern city, small by Japanese standards, with around 1 million inhabitants, Hiroshima conveys a unique and tragic memory on the worldwide maps and history books since August 1945. Today, we forget that we are on a fantastic visit to Japan. We go...

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13 juin 2008

Takayama – As cold as it gets

We wake up to a white Takayama. In the room it’s hot like a sauna bath and we could hardly believe when we open the window that it has been snowing all night. It takes enormous will to get out of bed and walk to the morning market at Miya-gawa. The town...

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29 mai 2008

From Tokyo to Takayama, a journey through rural Japan

. Before leaving Tokyo, we check the temperatures for Takayama, which look reasonable. We don’t get to see Mount Fuji today either, but later on, as we are far from cities, the scenery is one of the most beautiful I have seen. Dramatic pine forests, narrow...

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26 mai 2008

Edo Museum

. As usual, we keep the best for our last day. At the Edo museum we are lucky to have a nice lady as a tourist guide, in French. The permanent exhibition is very well thought and depicts historical events as well as daily life and traditions in ancient...

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23 mai 2008

From China to Sweden (with love)

Yokohama - Tokyo’s “undermined” neighbour - is our destination today. The metropolis is so big, officials apparently are struggling to tell where Tokyo ends and Yokohama starts. Yokohama is not another big city, shadowed by its older sister’s reputation....

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19 mai 2008

Looking for MtFuji

We may have broken the record of number of transportation means today. We leave the big city behind, looking for green scenery. Here we go to Hakone, the place where a lot of Tokyoites go to unwind during the week-end. We experience once again the fabulous...

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16 mai 2008

A taste of Tokyo's architecture

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14 mai 2008

Wandering around

. We wake up rather late today for a non-shopping-mall shopping experience at Ameyoko market, a busy street close to Ueno station. There are some nice clothing items but nothing really great, and a lot of food, dried fish, dried squids, sashimi, seaweed,...

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10 mai 2008

From Asakusa’s temples to Odaiba’s game parks

. Our ritual, the 10 min fast walk to the Okachimachi JR station will be discarded today as we will be discovering one of the nearby highlights of Tokyo: Senso-ji temple in Asakusa area. The abundance of tourists proves we are in the right direction....

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8 mai 2008

Early fish and geek heaven

. Early in the morning, Tsukiji market hosts an incredible daily action featuring fishermen, wholesalers, workers, fish specialists and around 15,000 of Tokyo’s restaurateurs. The unlucky hosts are the 450 products of the sea which will begin their road...

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