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Food Report: Tea and Traditional Sweets at Kasagi-ya (Kyōto, Japan)
The winding, hilly lanes of Kyōto’s Higashiyama district require a fair bit of effort to navigate. Fortunately, a little tea… READ MORE
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Field Report: Kiyomizu-dera, Kyōto, Japan (25 November 2016)
Kyōto’s Higashiyama district is an area I’ve grown rather fond of, and quite familiar with, through my regular visits to… READ MORE
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Field Snapshot: Yet Another Peek at the Honmaru Palace of Nagoya Castle, Japan (24 November 2016)
I’d been to Nagoya Castle a couple of times already, but there was something in particular that I was itching… READ MORE
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Field Report: The Open-air Architectural Museum that is Matsuyama, Japan (23 November 2016)
I’ve developed a habit of returning to my favourite places in Japan every now and then: partly to ensconce myself… READ MORE
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Field Report: Ōzu Castle, Ehime Prefecture, Japan (23 November 2016)
I’ve mentioned before how some of Japan’s long-destroyed Edo Period castles are now being reconstructed using historically faithful materials and… READ MORE
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