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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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6 mai 2008

Cos Play Zuku 2

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4 mai 2008

Cos Play Zuku

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1 mai 2008

Gothic girls meets traditional wedding

. On Sundays - and today is a Sunday - a most incredible crowd gathers at Harajuku – one of Tokyo’s districts. We’ve seen some pictures of gothic boys and girls with heavy make-up and funny hair styles. On search for the famous Cos-Play-Zuku (teenagers...

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26 avril 2008

Koya San to Tokyo – from zen to crazy!

. A bell sound, then silence. Five other distinct sounds break the silence of Mount Koya. It’s six o’clock, time for the morning service. Out of the room, it’s cool and windy. We kneel in the main temple in complete silence and observe the ceremony. Inside,...

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24 avril 2008

Koya San

. At around 7am Mrs. Tani is getting busy preparing breakfast in the kitchen. ‘Rita-saaan’ she calls out for me to say goodbye and offer us a souvenir gift: a box of 2 nicely designed chopsticks. I don’t know what to say when faced with such kindness....

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22 avril 2008

Magnificent temples

Kyoto is cloudy and particularly cold today. This is our last day and we keep the best for last. Sanjusangen-Do attracts lots of Asian and western tourists. The venerated Kannon surrounded by 1000 statues of Buddha is a unique sight. This is a new Buddhist...

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