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Archive for January, 2005

Irashaimase (歓迎) Japan

Posted January 20th, 2005
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Japan

Japan was really the trip of a lifetime for us. From Canada, it would be almost too far to imagine travelling for a short holiday and also very expensive! Thankfully on the British pound it didn’t hurt so much and we were so glad we went — noodle bars, temples, shrines, super-fast trains and more polite, welcoming people than we’ve seen anywhere else in the world.