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Sydney Photos

Thu, 26 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000

I travelled to Sydney in July to work with Chrome folks over there. Here are my pictures from the trip.

The Sydney Harbour Bridge

On Saturday I took the ferry to Manly Beach, a chill beach town up the coast from Sydney.

The view of the bridge and the opera house from the ferry.

The old escalators in one of the subway stations was repurposed into an art piece that hangs at the entrance.

Ueno Zoo 上野動物園

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Yes, it is February and I am back in Maine. But the tale of my stay in Japan has not been completely told.

On a warmer-than-normal day in late January, my Colby friend Stephanie and I ventured up to Ueno to visit the famous Ueno zoo.

Our first stop was naturally the panda exhibit.

Tsukiji Fish Market 築地市場

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Located in the middle of Tokyo, Tsukiji Fish Market, or tsukiji uchiba (築地市場), is the biggest fish market in the world. On my last weekend I woke up early in the morning and headed over there with my Colby friend.

Editor's note: Tsukiji closed down in 2018 and moved to Toyosu for the 2020 Olympics.

The market is filled with more sea life than an aquarium, although calling it sea “life” might be a little misleading.

January in Japan

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

I spent January 2012 Tokyo, Japan interning at a Japanese advertising agency. Beforehand I spent some time in Osaka and Kyoto, the region where I studied abroad in 2010. Here are some highlights of my travels.

Kiyomizudera 清水寺

Kiyomizu is one of the oldest, most beautiful, and most popular temples in Kyoto. It was constructed entirely without the use of nails. Legend has it that if you jump off the deck and survive the 13 meter fall, your life dream will come true.
Full post here.

Tokyo Tower 東京タワー

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:54:51 -0700

Come on, did you think I was going to be in Tokyo for a month and not do the most touristy thing you could possibly do in Tokyo - go up Tokyo Tower?

Nara 奈良

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 12:54:51 -0700

I have to preface this post with my extreme gratitude for my friend Shintaro’s family, who hosted me for the new year oshōgatsu お正月 and took me on their hatsumōde 初詣. I can’t thank them enough for their hospitality.

Hatsumōde is the practice of going to a shrine or temple on the first few days of the year. For Shintaro’s family’s hatsumōde, we went to Nara.

Fushimi Inari-taisha 伏見稲荷大社

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:54:51 -0700

伏見 Fushimi is the ward of Kyoto where this shrine is located.

稲荷 Inari is the Shinto deity to whom this shrine is dedicated.

大社 Taisha means “big shrine.”

On the last day of the year, I got the chance to go back to Kyoto to see a couple more shrines. There was one left that I needed to hit. (And by ‘one’, I mean over a thousand).

Kiyomizu Temple 清水寺

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:54:51 -0700

After arriving at Hirakata and sleeping in late, my friends and I went to Kyoto to see Kiyomizu temple. 清水寺 (kiyomizu-dera) was one of the places I wanted to go while I was studying abroad there in 2010, but never got the chance.

Study abroad friends who joined me.

Kiyomizu is one of the most popular temples in Kyoto along with the Kinkaku-ji (Golden Pavilion). The impression I got is that Kiyomizu is all about making dreams come true (not in the Disney theme park sense).

Osaka Aquarium 海遊館

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:54:51 -0700

Osaka Aquarium is called the “Kaiyukan,” or sea 海 play 遊 building 館. I noticed two main differences between American aquariums and the Kaiyukan.

All of the sea life at the Kaiyukan was really happy and lively. I don’t know what they feed the animals, but it’s working.
They have a penguin parade.

Several times a day, the staff will waddle a gaggle of penguins around a the front of the Kaiyukan. I came to the conclusion that this kind of thing couldn’t happen in America because too many people like me would be tempted to steal one.