Getting to Know Tokyo
While exploring my neighborhood in the suburbs of Tokyo, I found a nature trail that led to a small Buddhist temple.
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While exploring my neighborhood in the suburbs of Tokyo, I found a nature trail that led to a small Buddhist temple.
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As I was out in California before my trip to Japan, I got to spend some time walking around Sonoma. It’s a nice little town with a lot of wineries and plenty of wine shops in the center of town. There’s also plenty of local art for tourists to enjoy. In one of the wine
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Getting soaked in the rain during a tour of Tokyo, Japan’s oldest Buddhist temple, Sensoji Temple, which is dedicated to bodhisattva Kannon (Guanyin).
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My first impressions of Tokyo, Japan, after arriving in the rain a visit to Akihabara, the electronics mall, and the Maid Cafe.
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I didn’t allow the government shutdown to ruin my short vacation in California; I headed to the state parks that offered great views and hiking.
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During my first National Day holiday in China, which is shortly after the Mid-Autumn Festival, I headed to Zhaoqing.
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On a tour of Bali, my driver stopped at Gunung Kawi Temple in Tegalalang. This was the quietest, most peaceful temple I’ve encountered.
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News of flooding in Colorado got me thinking about my two years living in Boulder. The Rocky Mountains are a great memory.
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Guangxiao Temple in Guangzhou was the first Buddhist temple I visited in China, but it was only one of many from the years I spent in Asia.
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To start my Labor Day weekend, I headed for a late afternoon walk on the High Line in New York. Since it opened shortly after I returned to the US in 2009, the High Line park has become my favorite spot in Manhattan–and I’m not the only person in the area who thinks it’s the
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Walking behind Seljalandsfoss waterfall in Iceland on a rainy day. The last waterfall I saw on my journey through Iceland.
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A calm reflection on a clear lake in Jiuzhaigou National Park in China.
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Two days enjoying the natural beauty of China’s Jiuzhaigou National Park during a national holiday can be overly crowded, but still worthwhile.
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In Boston, I stopped at Copley Square to walk around Trinity Church, one of the most beautiful buildings in the US.
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A winter view of downtown Reykjavik, Iceland, from city pond.
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