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Hijo Castle | 2 months ago

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8r4d Home of a Shogun in the 1600s and beyond… #japan [read more...]

Sunday the 23rd of November, 2025, before dinner.
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Kyoto | 2 months ago

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8r4d A tea ceremony and a #birthday party rolled in one. #japan [read more...]

Sunday the 23rd of November, 2025, before dinner.
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Kyoto | 2 months ago

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8r4d Busy streets of Kyoto on a Sunday afternoon in #japan [read more...]

Sunday the 23rd of November, 2025, late afternoon.
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Kyoto | 2 months ago

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8r4d #panoramic #japan … the view from our new hotel room at #sunset [read more...]

Sunday the 23rd of November, 2025, late afternoon.
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Hijo Castle | 2 months ago

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8r4d #panoramic #japan … a castle for for a Shogun. [read more...]

Sunday the 23rd of November, 2025, late morning.
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Tofuku-ji Temple | 2 months ago

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8r4d A beautiful temple in Kyoto #japan with the #autumn colours in full display. [read more...]

Saturday the 22nd of November, 2025, after lunch.
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Fushimi-inari Temple | 2 months ago

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8r4d This famous temple in Kyoto #japan has gates almost all the way along the path from the base to the shrines at the top of a mountain. Over a kilometre of path… [read more...]

Saturday the 22nd of November, 2025, after lunch.
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Nagoya | 2 months ago

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8r4d Cultural fun in Nagoya #japan [read more...]

Friday the 21st of November, 2025, late morning.
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Ghibli Park | 2 months ago

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8r4d Sights of Ghibli Park #japan [read more...]

Thursday the 20th of November, 2025, before dinner.
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Ghibli Park | 2 months ago

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8r4d Character fun at Ghibli Park in Nagoya #japan [read more...]

Thursday the 20th of November, 2025, before dinner.
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Toyota Museum | 2 months ago

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8r4d The Toyota Museum in Nagoya #japan is dedicated to the company’s historical origins in Japanese textiles and how the founder got into building cars as a side gig.

Also, my truck is called a Hilux in most every country except North America where we call it a Tacoma… and finding an official scale model was a bonus. [read more...]

Wednesday the 19th of November, 2025, late evening.
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Toyota Museum | 2 months ago

8r4d If ever AI will replace me in #orchestra this is probably what it will look like. Oh #japan [read more...]

Wednesday the 19th of November, 2025, evening.
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Tokyo Station | 2 months ago

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8r4d Well, we’re on our way out of Tokyo for now, headed to Nagoya (pronounced Nah-Goh-Yah) #japan for a couple days. The train station is huge and full of all sorts of wild shopping. [read more...]

Wednesday the 19th of November, 2025, late morning.
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Tokyo National Museum | 2 months ago

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8r4d A quiet and contemplative afternoon at the museum looking at #japan antiquities. I liked the scrolls and samurai stuff. Karin loved the archeological exhibits. [read more...]

Tuesday the 18th of November, 2025, late evening.
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Kitchen Town | 2 months ago

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8r4d Restaurant owners and home cooks alike flock to this little street with dozens of cookware, tableware , restaurant supplies and plastic food stores in tokyo #japan [read more...]

Tuesday the 18th of November, 2025, late evening.
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Senso-ji Temple | 2 months ago

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8r4d Earlier today we visited the oldest buddhist temple in #japan [read more...]

Tuesday the 18th of November, 2025, late evening.
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Shrine of Enju-ji | 2 months ago

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8r4d The shrine of strong legs is the temple for runners and #running in Tokyo #japan [read more...]

Tuesday the 18th of November, 2025, late afternoon.
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Shibuya Station | 2 months ago

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8r4d Back on the train again for our last full day in Tokyo (until the ended of the trip, of course)

Your #japan phrase of the day is:

私にできること

or watashi ni dekirukoto which roughly translates to an empowering “these things I can do” which for me this morning was translating/deriving this phrase from a liquor ad on the train, which is something that I can apparently do now.

Tuesday the 18th of November, 2025, morning.
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Tokyo | 2 months ago

8r4d I have been spending my down time in Tokyo documenting: posting here, obviously, but doing some light journaling and compiling my video clips. I have also been trying to caption the videos so that if you click the caption button to on there are some light descriptions of what is going on.

Maybe some day I’ll work up the courage to narrate my videos, but for now this is the best your gonna get. [read more...]

Tuesday the 18th of November, 2025, at breakfast.
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Shibuya Sky | 2 months ago