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Mundanity through Studio Ghibli
Why slice of life matters
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Trains, pains, and Shinkansen
When will we get over the futurism of the Shinkansen?
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Ancient travelling meets modern road trips
Old Tōkaidō Road and the bits in between
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Cairns in one paragraph reviews
Every single place we went in Cairns
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The Land of the Rising UFO
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How Japan created the Paris Syndrome
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Ancient travelling meets modern road trips
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Pachinko vs Pinball
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Trains, pains, and Shinkansen
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The Umbrella Shield
Para para parasol
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Opening Day Ghibli Park
A live view of Princess Mononoke Village opening at Ghibli Park
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I call this enemy: The Sun
How Japan blocks it out
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Boat Racing
Ready Jet Go!
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Futon fun
The country that regularly sleeps
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Tata you and Tatami
Tatami Mats: 1000 years in the making
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A guide to becoming Asia's Next Eternal Queen of Pop
Entering the Japanese Hall of Fame
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The Land of the Rising UFO
Japanese belief in aliens
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500 Yen Commemoration
Celebrating coins and coin collecting
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