Graves of Greater Men

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March 18th 2016

Published: May 27th 2018

Hello my fellow travellers! I had an early start today, getting up and leaving together with Christian, ready to embrace whatever my last day in Tokyo would have to offer. I had a pretty full day planned for today as well, with a visit to Minato in Tokyo, then Kawasaki and then finally meeting up with Juno in Shizuoka. I said my goodbyes to Christian and thanked him for his kind hospitality befor... Read Full Entry

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Per-Olof Persson

A Small Swede in the Big World

I'm a small Swede that simply just love to travel. I haven't been around as much as I'd wish to yet, but my life long goal is to visit all the countries in the world. I still have a long way to go before that mission is accomplished though. I live with my two cats and one spider in Alvesta, a small city outside of Växjö where I try to host people from all over the world as often as I can. If you need a place to stay, just look me up on couchsurfing.org and send me a request. My living I make working as a insurance adviser, it's a soft job with plenty of free time. I try to get out in the ... full info

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28th May 2018

RENanDREW
Ren & Andrew

Catching up...
So this is the blog where you first met Takae :) For so many reasons, I love the story of people praying to the god of another religion when their own religion is oppressed...

28th May 2018

A Small Swede in the Big World
Per-Olof Persson

Catching up...
Aye, finally gotten around to that part. :D The continuation will have to wait for a while though, I just got back from a trip to the Caucasus so over the next few weeks I will be posting up from that trip. Aye, it's quite fascinating that they'd use Kannon as a substitute for Virgin Mary, praying to a statue of Kannon but she being the Virgin Mary instead as a way to avoid the inquisitors at the time. Japan has had a way to merge new religions with their existing ones. :)

29th May 2018

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Toshiro Mifune's grave
Oh, that is so cool! Toshiro Mifune's grave would be worth visiting. Some people think it is weird and distasteful to visit famous people's graves. I disagree with them and happily visit the graves of people I admire for some reason. I have for instance seen the graves of Keith Moon, Marc Bolan, Bon Scott, Marilyn Monroe, Harry Houdini, Gloria Swanson and Frank Zappa. I have also been known to visit graves of people I dislike as well if they were important enough (Nicolae Ceaușescu). /Åke

30th May 2018

A Small Swede in the Big World
Per-Olof Persson

Toshiro Mifune's grave
Agree fully :)

31st May 2018

alex waring
Alexander Waring

Very Interesting
A very interesting read, thank you. I am currently reading up on Japanese history, and your accounts on the Tokugawa period and the 47 Ronin were particularly interesting for me. You certainly know your Japanese history! :)

1st June 2018

A Small Swede in the Big World
Per-Olof Persson

Very Interesting
Thank you my friend! I'm glad you enjoyed it. :) How are your plans for your trip to Japan coming along? :)

1st June 2018

alex waring
Alexander Waring

Japan
Thanks my friend. My plans are going really well! Just bought my Japan Rail Pass the other day, and currently teaching myself Japanese. Really excited :D

2nd June 2018

A Small Swede in the Big World
Per-Olof Persson

Japan
Awesome! I look forward to reading about your experiences! :D

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