Some things in life are just meant to happen. Paddle Japan was one such thing. From an idle comment over a cup of tea with `Hadas’ came a whole Japanese Odyssey. It all started at a kayak Dealers Meet in …
Category: Japan
Special People Koji Kobayashi: Spreading Peace Through Music by Bonnie and Bill Neely
Koji Kobayashi is a Hiroshima bombing survivor. He was nine years old when he was knocked down right after he entered his school house, which was about two kilometers away from the epicenter. He could see only blinding light at …
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When Traveling In Europe, Follow the Rising Sun by Robert A. Kendrick
The Japanese are an ingenious and industrious people – worthy of admiration. We can’t help but recognize their accomplishments in auto manufacturing and electronics, in which they currently appear to have outdistanced the rest of the world. But, TRAVEL is …
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Ascending the Steps of Japanese Spiritual Culture in Nikko by Bonnie and Bill Neely
Last spring we set out on our first trip to an Asian country. We had traveled extensively in Europe, visited Central and South America, spent some time in Western Africa, and even gotten to New Zealand and Australia, but we …
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Japan – Land of Contrasts by Larry and Gail Taylor
My wife and I have always thought we would like to visit Japan but had heard stories about high prices and difficulties geting around in congested cities. These perceptions led us to put off a Japanese trip. But time came …
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