I Explode Seven Wrong Assumptions about Japan


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Asia » Japan
October 22nd 2011
Published: November 8th 2011
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Ten days weren’t enough to show us all of Japan, but it was enough to explode a lot of stereotypes. Japan has so much to offer that ten days seemed almost an insult, even with first-rate travel professionals to organise the trip. We saw a lot: houses … gardens … temples … galleries … shopping centres … public transport. I quickly let go of a number of inappropriate assumptions I’d... Read Full Entry



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The Japanese enjoy curry and pizza ... so did we!
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There was always salad for breakfast. One side of this plate has lettuce, the other delicate seaweed.
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I bought this takeaway lunch of mixed sushi purchased at Okyama station.
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A boxed dinner ordered in to a tea house from a nearby restaurant.
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Kyoto Market has all sorts of packaged foods ...
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... fresh foods ...
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... and a lunch box of multi-coloured rice balls.
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I purchased this lunch box in Kyoto station ...
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... opened it under this poster, as I sat inside the Bullet Train passing Mount Fuji ...
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... to find another box inside ...
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... which contained six leaf-wrapped bundles ...
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... that contained salmon and tuna sushi.



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