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Just Brad | 762 Posts
Time traveler and intergalactic secret agent for hire. Serious inquiries only.
Time traveler and intergalactic secret agent for hire. Serious inquiries only.
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Ghibli Park | 17 days ago
Ghibli Park | 17 days ago
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Sights of Ghibli Park #japan [read more...]
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Ghibli Park | 17 days ago
Ghibli Park | 17 days ago
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Character fun at Ghibli Park in Nagoya #japan [read more...]
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Toyota Museum | 17 days ago
Toyota Museum | 17 days ago
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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...]
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...]
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Toyota Museum | 17 days ago
Toyota Museum | 17 days ago
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If ever AI will replace me in #orchestra this is probably what it will look like. Oh #japan [read more...]
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Tokyo Station | 18 days ago
Tokyo Station | 18 days ago
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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...]
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Tokyo National Museum | 18 days ago
Tokyo National Museum | 18 days ago
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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...]
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Kitchen Town | 18 days ago
Kitchen Town | 18 days ago
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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...]
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Senso-ji Temple | 18 days ago
Senso-ji Temple | 18 days ago
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Earlier today we visited the oldest buddhist temple in #japan [read more...]
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Shrine of Enju-ji | 19 days ago
Shrine of Enju-ji | 19 days ago
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The shrine of strong legs is the temple for runners and #running in Tokyo #japan [read more...]
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Shibuya Station | 19 days ago
Shibuya Station | 19 days ago
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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.
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.
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Tokyo | 19 days ago
Tokyo | 19 days ago
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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...]
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...]
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Shibuya Sky | 19 days ago
Shibuya Sky | 19 days ago
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47 stories in the air and they are sending powerful searchlights into the #sky to mark our place in #japan [read more...]
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Shibuya Sky | 19 days ago
Shibuya Sky | 19 days ago
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If you want to feel very small, stand 47 stories over Tokyo at night. #japan [read more...]
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Hamarikyu Gardens | 20 days ago
Hamarikyu Gardens | 20 days ago
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As promised in a previous post, some nicer pics from our tour of Hamarikyu Gardens this afternoon in Tokyo #japan [read more...]
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Goldfish Museum | 20 days ago
Goldfish Museum | 20 days ago
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A weird and wonderful (even if it left me wondering about how the fish like it?!) collection of art aquariums. #japan [read more...]
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Kubuki-za | 20 days ago
Kubuki-za | 20 days ago
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Checked out some kubuki theatre this afternoon. Didn’t understand a word, sadly, but it was beautiful. #japan [read more...]
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Hamarikyu Gardens, etc. | 20 days ago
Hamarikyu Gardens, etc. | 20 days ago
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Both my SLR and sketchbook got a workout at Hamarikyu Gardens …so if you’re tracking this feed live you’ll need to wait until later when I download the best shots. We’re hanging out here at Monday lunchtime in #japan (Sunday evening back home) in a queue for kubuki theatre performance in about half an hour. Definitely no photos of that, tho! [read more...]
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Akihabara | 21 days ago
Akihabara | 21 days ago
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This shopping street full of huge electronics and #popculture stuff was an absolute zoo, and they had even closed down the main road for all the people. #japan #panoramic [read more...]
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Imperial Palace | 21 days ago
Imperial Palace | 21 days ago
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Okay, one more panoramic of the Imperial Palace gardens. #japan [read more...]
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Imperial Palace | 21 days ago
Imperial Palace | 21 days ago
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So lovely here it deserves another #panoramic shout out, even tho it didn’t do the Imperial Palace gardens justice. #japan in #autumn [read more...]
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Tokyo Imperial Palace | 21 days ago
Tokyo Imperial Palace | 21 days ago
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Tokyo | 21 days ago
Tokyo | 21 days ago
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Our third day in Tokyo was definitely tough on my poor feet, but we did get a lot of opportunity to practice some basic politeness using today’s #japan word of the day:
ありがとうございます
or arigatoo gozaimasu (the u on the end is silent) which means a kind of polite and formal thank you, and a phrase that you often hear and say when interacting with services and vendors. A sincere nod of the head or light bow has been getting us lots of smiles, too.
ありがとうございます
or arigatoo gozaimasu (the u on the end is silent) which means a kind of polite and formal thank you, and a phrase that you often hear and say when interacting with services and vendors. A sincere nod of the head or light bow has been getting us lots of smiles, too.
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Team Borderless | 21 days ago
Team Borderless | 21 days ago
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We got tickets to a big digital art installation called Team Borderless which delights and awes and left us feeling more than a bit spinny from all the moving lights and mirrors. [read more...]