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A little extra video. I thought these lovely shots shouldn’t just sit on my hard drive. 

Scenes from: Tokyo Tower, Arimaonsen Ropeway, the Japanese sea, the Takachiho tea school and mountains, Hinokage streets by the river and pottery school, Obon dancers, Kegon falls, San’ya houses, Arashiyama ukai fishing, and Kobe port from the sea. 

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Fukuro no mise - a cute owl cafe in Tokyo, close to Tsukiji area.

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Today’s feast: tsukeramen, melon milk (only 18 calories in 100ml) and Mont Blanc, which is the local Magnum. Not as good though.

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My new home for two weeks. 

To keep the privacy of my host family, I’ll call this place Dreamwhere in the future. Dreamwhere is a very small town somwhere in Kyushu, in the poorest prefecture of Japan. Some of the neighbors doesn’t even have warm water. 

The place I stay is in a buddhist temple building complex. Now I’m alone, in the following days I’ll share my (huge) room with other volunteers and English teachers.

The environment looks marvelous, reminds me a lot on Austria - I had the same feeling a few years ago, when I was in Heilingenblut in August. Mountains, greenery, fast rivers, humidity, old-fashioned houses. I like it so far. It’s going to be tough, but that’s what I came for. 

Let me show you around a little bit more...

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Day 2

“When I come back to Japan, I want to move...to Kyoto or something. A shoddy apartment would be fine.” 

- Kyo, Haiiro no ginka vol.52.