Night time Shinjuku

Tokyo and Nikko: Rotating Cakes, Arcades, Karaoke and Shrines

November 27th 2018
It’s about time I wrote an update on what we’ve been up to over the past few months. We’re about to leave the ski resort in Hakuba, Japan, to travel around the country for another few weeks before moving on to Hong Kong and China. So here’s what’s happened since we arrived here at the end of November. We arrived in Tokyo dressed head to toe in jumpers and down jackets fully expecting co ... read more

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In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more

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Ross Parker

After finishing a 4 year degree in Civil Engineering, I decided I needed a break from looking at buildings, roads and bridges and so headed to South Korea to teach ESL to a bunch of 3 year olds for a year. I enjoyed it so much I decided to continue the adventure in Vietnam, and I lived in Saigon teaching Maths and Science to lower secondary school kids for 6 months. I then went off exploring and spent some time travelling through Asia before heading to the Middle East and making my way back to England through the Balkans and Europe. The next 5 years has been spent furthering my career in Civil... full info

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