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Tokyo 2020 Olympics Postponed to 2021

30 Mar 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite $0.14

The International Olympic Committee decided that the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic games will be postponed by one year because of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. Despite the Olympic games taking place from July 23rd, 2021 to August 8th, 2021 a...

Onibaba (1964) Japanese Horror Review

27 Mar 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Genaro $0.08

Plot: Two women try to survive in deserted land of feudal Japan. One is waiting for her husband, who went to fight in war, the second is her mother of law. They survive because of their killer instinct, Which they use for killing deserters or samurai...

Sakura! Japanese cherry blossom season

27 Mar 2020 2 minute read 8 comments PantheraNegra $0.56

Cherry blossom in Japan Welcome back to my Japanese travel blog. Today I'm writing about the beautiful cherry blossom season that sweeps across Japan in springtime. If you plan your trip there carefully you can visit many parks, gardens, castles, lak...

Philippine Currency during Japanese Invasion

23 Mar 2020 1 minute read 0 comments psychkrhoz $0.01

The Japanese invasion of the Philippines started on December 8, 1941. Japan's initial attack just hours after the pearl harbor, crippled the american aircraft and naval's artilleries. As our big white brother's (U.S Soldiers) aircraft were severely d...

Himeji, a Japanese castle

20 Mar 2020 2 minute read 10 comments PantheraNegra $0.94

A Magnificent Japanese Castle Continuing on my series of blogs on travelling Japan, I'd like to show you some more of the amazing places I have visited. There is something special about visiting castles around the world, and Japanese castles are uniq...

The Crypto-World stands still: Blockchain Summit moved

18 Mar 2020 2 minute read 0 comments SylarHeisenberg $2.15

Even the crypto-ecosystem is not spared by the corona crisis and so more and more events are being cancelled and postponed to far away places. The most recent example is the Blockchain Summit in Tokyo, the largest crypto-event in Japan. In view of cu...

Temple of the Golden Pavilion: Kinkaku-Ji

8 Mar 2020 1 minute read 2 comments PantheraNegra $0.15

This beautiful golden temple Japan is an extraordinary place to explore, so much to see and so many incredible and unique sights to behold. This golden temple is one of my many favourite places to visit. It is called Kinkaku-Ji, located in the city...

Japanese winter festivals - part II

23 Feb 2020 2 minute read 8 comments PantheraNegra $0.16

Have you seen my first blog post on Japanese winter festivals? If you haven't got round to it yet, do have a look here - Japan winter festivals - you'll see some photos of incredible ice and snow festivals in Hokkaido!  Now I'm going to show you thre...

Japan's beautiful winter festivals - a tale of ice, snow and colour

21 Feb 2020 2 minute read 4 comments PantheraNegra $0.10

Japan celebrates winter It is very difficult not to be charmed by Japan and its people when visiting. This is a country of beautiful places, incredible history, amazing food, and an intriguing uniqueness that distinguishes it from anywhere else in t...

Blood Beat: The Place of Wind and Samurai Blood

18 Feb 2020 2 minute read 0 comments jxgrefe $0.01

This is a movie that stretches bold in its singularity. What follows are a series of fragmented thoughts, explorations of the cinematic melding. We've become a dark synth over grainy forgotten VHS wastelands in the woods. It's Christmas and mom has...