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tags:
- from-tumblr
- japan
- japan-with-jk
- preparation
location: 51.72318,-1.971214
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@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ date: 2009-07-28T18:48:00Z
tags:
- from-tumblr
- japan
- japan-with-jk
- currency
- preparation
location: 51.716806,-1.968162

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@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ date: 2009-07-29T19:58:00Z
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- from-tumblr
- japan
- japan-with-jk
- sunset
location: 51.72318,-1.971214
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@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ date: 2009-07-31T12:03:00Z
tags:
- from-tumblr
- japan
- japan-with-jk
location: 51.7296,0.4761
title: "12 Hour Flight Blues"
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@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ date: 2009-08-01T13:12:43Z
tags:
- from-tumblr
- japan
- japan-with-jk
- sunset
- flight
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@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ title: He knows the score
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- from-tumblr
- japan
- japan-with-jk
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> **PA:** The doors to the left will open in just a moment.

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@ -4,10 +4,11 @@ date: 2009-08-01T12:15:57Z
tags:
- from-tumblr
- japan
location: 35.5731,139.6922
- japan-with-jk
- ryokan
- Tokyo
- arrival
location: 35.5731,139.6922
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やった! We've arrived!

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@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ title: "A Crazily Busy First Day!"
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- from-tumblr
- japan
- japan-with-jk
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Oh. My. God.

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@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ date: 2009-08-02T01:30:07Z
tags:
- from-tumblr
- japan
- japan-with-jk
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{{< audio src="ciccadas.mp3" >}}

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@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ date: 2009-08-02T05:35:54Z
tags:
- from-tumblr
- japan
- japan-with-jk
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> Wouldn't you love to be in a wheelchair right now?

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@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ date: 2009-08-03T16:25:00Z
tags:
- from-tumblr
- japan
- japan-with-jk
- tsukiji
- ueno
- senjo-ji

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@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ date: 2009-08-04T15:00:00Z
tags:
- from-tumblr
- japan
- japan-with-jk
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Time to move away from Tokyo and so far quite tricky! We've chosen to travel to Hakone, a renowned beauty site for Japanese and foreign tourists alike. This is a bit of an issue as it's high tourism season… In fact at this very moment we're in what appears to be a hotel/spa trying to find directions to the hostel we booked earlier in Odanawa station. The only problem is that it doesn't seem to exist! We're told it closed last year, I'm 90% sure the Japanese I used was to book a room, not to rebuild a hostel!

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- from-tumblr
- japan
- japan-with-jk
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I love staring at the t-shirts they have here, written in English, but obviously have very little meaning. I can only imagine what it's like for Eastern people in Britain![^1]

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@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ date: 2009-08-05T08:00:00Z
tags:
- from-tumblr
- japan
- japan-with-jk
location: 35.245028,139.057335
title: JK in the massage chair
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@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ date: 2009-08-05T14:30:00Z
tags:
- from-tumblr
- japan
- japan-with-jk
- onsen
- public bath
title: "てのゆ おんせん"

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@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ title: Japanese computers
tags:
- from-tumblr
- japan
- japan-with-jk
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Just a warning, Japanese computers are really hard to use... this one also appears to have its timezone set to Spain, so all the times for these last few posts will be off. Oh well!

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@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ title: "[All!] Photos being uploaded"
tags:
- from-tumblr
- japan
- japan-with-jk
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[flickr.com](https://flickr.com/photos/jphastings)

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@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ date: 2009-08-06T12:54:08Z
tags:
- from-tumblr
- japan
- japan-with-jk
- Fuji
title: "Fuji-san"
location: 35.3654,138.7330

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@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ title: "Late Posts"
tags:
- from-tumblr
- japan
- japan-with-jk
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So you've probably noticed the last 4 posts or so just appeared in one go - we've been WiFi-free since we left Tokyo so I've been drafting my posts on my iPhone, so hopefully when I find some free WiFi they'll all pop up together. They should be in chronological order, with the newest at the top (as usual) It's also quite amusing that over the past 3 days the only free WiFi I've found has been *on* a bus. Unfortunately I found this out because the signal vanished as the bus pulled out of the station - it wasn't my bus :P

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@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ title: "Quick Update"
tags:
- from-tumblr
- japan
- japan-with-jk
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We've just seen Chris off at Goten-ba station as we prepare to bus hop to Nagoya! Still haven't slept, I think we're either trying out a capsule hotel (more on them layer) or a Manga (Japanese comic book) store overnight section (we're told they have adequite sleeping facilities available for next to nothing for readers!)

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@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ title: "The Longest Day"
tags:
- from-tumblr
- japan
- japan-with-jk
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As I previously wrote, the 5th ended with us a couple of thousand meters up the side of Mt. Fuji, leaving us with a lot more to do before we could get some sleep! It turns out it was even more than we'd imagined...

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@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ title: Capsule hotel pics
tags:
- from-tumblr
- japan
- japan-with-jk
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Some snaps from the capsule hotel: the luxury communist styling of the regimented clothing (modelled by yours truely), the tv lounge, the bathroom flipflops (everyone swaps shoes when try go to the loo), the capsule dormitory (two 'rooms' high) and the (free!) traditional Japanese breakfast.
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![JP wearing the green pajama jacket and shorts provided by the hotel](157530163_0.jpg)
![A room of large, plush armchairs arranged very precisely](157530163_1.jpg)
![a floor of green gel/plastic flipflops](157530163_2.jpg)
![A corridor of capsule 'rooms', two high in this standard height room. It's very bleak.](157530163_3.jpg)
![A tray with a traditional Japanese breakfast; some meat and salad, a bowl of rice, and miso soup](157530163_4.jpg)

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@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ title: "Nagoya & into Kyoto"
tags:
- from-tumblr
- japan
- japan-with-jk
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Ha ha! So, the chef at our restaurant (the same from last night) told us the 'well-be' capsule hotel we're staying at is 'homo'. No that's not Japanese... I'm not sure how much of that is rumour (it's men only and the guy sitting next to me is reading a very boob-oriented porn mag :P) but it's still hilarious to be told that by the chef at a local restaurant!

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@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ date: 2009-08-09T16:19:00Z
tags:
- from-tumblr
- japan
- japan-with-jk
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Beat both the (two) Americans and the Dutch at drinking Sake - despite the Dutch girl telling us that 'the Britsh can't drink' - score one for the Brits! Lots more happened besides today, hold on for the full scoop when I've sobered up. x

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@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ author: James Kelly
tags:
- from-tumblr
- japan
- japan-with-jk
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Hi all this is JK writing.

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@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ title: ナンプレ
tags:
- from-tumblr
- japan
- japan-with-jk
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![Lots of Sudoku game books on a shelf in a store, all titled "ナンプレ" instead of "Sudoku"](../img/fa9869865546cd0cb90995e01aacfa9a6bd41f838ba21bc408d5e1d85f40a44f.jpg)

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@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ title: Stolen towels
tags:
- from-tumblr
- japan
- japan-with-jk
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![A white towel with the "Holiday Inn" logo built into the fabric](../img/df07ddf0694ee7951f31dc33f72234e9fd4601e782cd12b6cca87c6264a5b9e4.jpg)

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@ -4,5 +4,7 @@ title: "Hiroshima Today"
tags:
- from-tumblr
- japan
- japan-with-jk
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I don't know how the Japanese tourists can photograph their kids standing in front of the _gembaku domu_ (The former industrial commerce centre building, 160m from the hypocenter, now known as the A-bomb dome). They are much stronger than I am.

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@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ date: 2009-08-14T:10:48:00+09:00
tags:
- from-tumblr
- japan
- japan-with-jk
- hiroshima
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tags:
- from-tumblr
- japan
- japan-with-jk
- hiroshima
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![A large room filled with open umbrellas](../img/ea8b501224d1f9aa1fcf4a05756aa1e6d4274c55127d52f214fc653d3db881d6.jpg)

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@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ date: 2009-08-15T00:41:44Z
tags:
- from-tumblr
- japan
- japan-with-jk
- night bus
title: "Night Buses Are Stupid (but actually really clever)"
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@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ title: Women-only carriages
tags:
- from-tumblr
- japan
- japan-with-jk
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![The door of a subway carriage saying "women only" in Japanese and English](../img/34fa17833aa86b622cad248265eabf93e395e5cf5daecb3c4aee6bc686de8e30.jpg)

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@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ title: Fancy lobby
tags:
- from-tumblr
- japan
- japan-with-jk
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We had a little difficulty finding the capsule hotel we wanted (we were looking at the wrong map in our sleepless mess) so we stopped off in the Ritz for directions and a cigar. Okay, just directions. They had an adjoining Ferrari Showroom (doors directy to the front lobby!) but even the 20,000¥ we had didn't quite cover the undoubtedly multi-million Yen price ags!
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![A white car in front of the Ferrari logo](165670664_0.jpg)
![JK leaning against a chair in an up-market hotel lobby bar](165670664_1.jpg)

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@ -4,11 +4,12 @@ title: Silly photos
tags:
- from-tumblr
- japan
- japan-with-jk
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Some silly photos from the past couple of days - the 'Crunky' biscuity thing they have here sounds kinda crap and kinda funky, is that a good thing?; me in an Apple dept. in Hiroshima (yaaaay); JK in 'Kiddy Land'... Don't ask; and finally the logo for 'Guide dogsallowed' in Kyoto airport, answers as to what the sogn really means on the back of a postcard to 「JP,#2, GL7 2DX」winner gets a Japanese present :P
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![A photo of "Crunky" almond chocolate boxes, in a shop](165680012_0.jpg)
![JP leaning against a counter top in an Apple store, grinning](165680012_1.jpg)
![JK standing in front of a vibrant shop called "Kiddy Land"](165680012_2.jpg)
![A sign explaining that only guidedogs can enter in a number of languages, but with an icon above that has no apparent relation to the message, no easily discernable meaning, and looks vaguely like a butt.](165680012_3.jpg)

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@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ date: 2009-08-20T01:36:00Z
tags:
- from-tumblr
- japan
- japan-with-jk
location: 34.791336,135.440902
title: "Connections"
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tags:
- from-tumblr
- japan
- japan-airlines
- japan-with-jk
- japan
- japan-with-jk-airlines
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I'd like to think the meals here are this tasty because of our upgrade to premium economy, but the truth is they were just as good on the way out! Japan AirLines - you rock.

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tags:
- from-tumblr
- japan
- japan-with-jk
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Premium Economy Baby!
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![A mains power socket in an airplane seat](167385452_0.jpg)
![Controls for seat reclining](167385452_1.jpg)
![A plush seatbelt around JP's waist](167385452_2.jpg)

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tags:
- from-tumblr
- japan
- japan-with-jk
- voice-note
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