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Tag Archives: Tōkyō

Terminal Report: My First Post-Coronapanic Look at Narita International Airport (NRT) T2, Japan

15th Dec 2022by Diego 2 Comments

I’ve used Terminal 2 (T2) at Narita International Airport (NRT) a number of times in the past, but my November and December 2022 flights into and out of this major […]

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Flight, Japan, Japan 2022, Travel

Terminal Report: Narita International Airport (NRT) T2, Japan

21st Oct 2019by Diego 1 Comment

Tōkyō’s main international airport and I go back a long way. I flew in through here a decade ago, at the start of my very first visit to Japan – […]

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Flight, Japan, Japan 2019 (2nd), Travel

Flight Report:  NRT-MNL on Cebu Pacific Flight 5J 5057 (01 December 2018)

9th Dec 2018by Diego 4 Comments

In my previous flight report, we saw what it’s like to travel with Cebu Pacific from Manila to Tōkyō. Now let’s see if they’ve done just as well on the […]

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Cebu Pacific, Economy Class, Flight, Japan, Japan 2018 (3rd), Travel

Flight Report:  MNL-NRT on Cebu Pacific Flight 5J 5054 (15 November 2018)

2nd Dec 2018by Diego 6 Comments

In this report, we’ll see what it’s like to fly with the Philippines’ largest low-cost carrier on the busy Manila-Tōkyō run – a route that I travel on regularly since […]

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Field Report: Zōjō-ji, Tōkyō, Japan (11 November 2016)

4th Mar 2017by Diego 1 Comment

As a rigidly conservative Catholic, I’m not drawn to Japanese temples for spiritual reasons, but I occasionally poke around them out of an interest in architecture and history. In the […]

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Japan, Japan 2016 (4th), Travel

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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Japan, Japan 2016 (3rd), Travel

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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Japan, Japan 2016 (3rd), Travel

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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Japan, Japan 2016 (3rd), Travel

Rail Report: Tōkyō to Izumo on the Sunrise Izumo overnight train, Japan (05-06 July 2015)

23rd Aug 2016by Diego 6 Comments

In the summer of 2015, I set off on the longest continuous land journey I’d ever undertaken in my life, travelling west across nearly a thousand kilometres of track from […]

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Japan, Japan 2015 (2nd), Trains, Travel

Field Report: In the footsteps of the 47 Rōnin at Sengaku-ji, Tōkyō, Japan (05 July 2015)

2nd Aug 2016by Diego 2 Comments

We will never know the full truth behind what drove Asano Naganori to unsheathe his sword within the confines of Edo Castle in 1701, and in so doing trigger the […]

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Japan, Japan 2015 (2nd), Travel

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