Tokyo
In Tokyo we were booked into the Tokyo Green Hotel at Awajicho which was within walking distance of the Japan Meteorological Agency which was at...
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Japan 1991 – Epilogue
Strangely, there is much I can’t remember about this trip to Japan. It was nearly 30 years ago, but I remember much more from some...
Meiji Shrine and Yoyogi Park
The Meiji Shrine is a Shinto shrine commemorating the Emperor Meiji, who died in 1912. It is set in an evergreen forest of trees donated...
Streets and Trees in Tokyo
Tokyo Streets: Tokyo is a huge city and yet, walking around in the fairly central area where the Japanese Meteorological Agency is located, near The...
Sensoji Temple Dragon Dance
The Golden Dragon dance of Sensoji Temple takes place on the 18th March each year. It celebrates the day in 628 that Shokanzeon Bosatsu, the deity...
Imperial Palace Gardens and Zojoji Temple
It was probably on that last Sunday that I visited the Imperial Palace Gardens. I’d previously visited them in 1991 and then, as now, the...
The Panjim Pousada
The Panjim Pousada, in effect an annex to the Panjim Inn hotel, is advertised as… “one of the few Hindu houses in a predominantly Catholic...
At Panjim (Panaji)
During our stay in Panjim (now officially Panaji) we mainly visited nearby places such as Old Goa and the market at Anjuna . Other events...
Anjuna Beach Market
According to the 2000 edition of the Footprint Goa Handbook, the Wednesday flea market at Anjuna beach grew out of the time of Hippy’s and...
River Trip to Old Goa
Old Goa (Velha Goa) is abour 8km easst of Panjim on the south bank of the Mandovi River and we took a river excursion boat...