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Month: March 2017

Osaka and Kyoto

Osaka and Kyoto are a mere 15-minute Japanese bullet train apart. Osaka is a wild and wonderful metropolis of skyscrapers and bars. We enjoyed the views across the urban jungle from the Umeda Sky Tree building and sampled the delights of local nightlife by getting our portraits painted by an artist in a local bar….

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Cirque du Soleil

In our adult lives, we have never witnessed the skill of the circus. I have vague memories as a child seeing jugglers and clowns and maybe a little trapeze, but the performances we enjoyed at Cirque du Soleil makes those clowns look like fools. We didn’t really know what at expect as the reviews for…

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My New Addiction…

Conbini Coffee! I am finding myself with a little more desk time on my hands and so plenty of perfect coffee shaped time opportunities. I have never been a big coffee drinker. But, the coffee here has less caffeine and more flavour than any coffee I have sampled in the UK. Combine this with the…

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Metaphor of the Day

The end of the academic year is near. An unusual clock ticking process in the second period wins the ‘metaphor of the day’ today. The end of the day is not in sight; we are in the second class of six and it is only 10.a.m. We are waiting on a student to answer her…

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A Guide to a Date Weekend in Shimonoseki

This weekend was date weekend. We decided to spend some quality time together in our local area. It was time to get some of those `local, I’ll do it at some stage I promise’ things ticked off that list. The opener was a trip to the top of Hinomiyama, the local viewing mountain. We walked…

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