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Category Archives: Japan 2016 (3rd)

Rail-Air Report: The Keisei Skyliner and Narita Airport’s LCC Terminal, Tōkyō, Japan (02 October 2016)

4th Mar 2017by Diego 3 Comments

I write about flights and interesting rail journeys from time to time, but I don’t normally give airports or ordinary train commutes the same treatment. As a postscript to the […]

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Field Report: Kyū-Iwasaki-tei Teien, Tōkyō, Japan (02 October 2016)

1st Mar 2017by Diego Leave a comment

Relatively little has survived from Tōkyō’s golden age of Western-style architecture, when the rapid wave of modernisation that swept across Japan during the Meiji and Taishō eras triggered the construction […]

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Food Report: Tonkotsu Rāmen at Kyūshū Jangara (Tōkyō, Japan)

1st Mar 2017by Diego 1 Comment

As an unadventurous creature of unsophisticated habit, I have a go-to place – Ichiran by name – which I search for almost instinctively whenever I’m struck by rāmen cravings in […]

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Field Report: A Long Walk Across the Low City in Tōkyō, Japan (02 October 2016) – Part 2/2

1st Mar 2017by Diego 2 Comments

Tōkyō’ modern skyline and iconic public architecture are well worth seeing on any trip to Japan, but so are the quiet, low-rise neighbourhoods that make up its old Shitamachi – […]

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Field Report: A Long Walk Across the Low City in Tōkyō, Japan (02 October 2016) – Part 1/2

19th Feb 2017by Diego 3 Comments

On my previous trips to Japan, I’ve come to know the Tōkyō of soaring skyscrapers, of popular culture, of old stereotypes and unstoppable evolution. Now I’m setting out to discover […]

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Field Report: Kawagoe, Japan (01 October 2016)

18th Feb 2017by Diego 4 Comments

With Japan a mere four hours or so from Manila, and with the intense competition amongst airlines plying this lucrative route driving fares down to almost dirt-cheap levels, an overnight […]

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