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Sayonara, Japan: A final postcard

Arti March 15, 2013

It’s been long... al most 1 year since I came back from Japan and close to 7 months since I started blogging all about it . Today, 40 posts later, as I finally get down to drawing the curtains on this virtual journey of ours... there is a feeling of conten t and happiness but at the same time, there is also a strange feeling of parting that is hard to ignore. …

Mt. Fuji

My Mount Fuji Moment in Japan

Arti March 07, 2013

I loved Japan. But did Japan love me too? In the 6 days that went by, Japan floored me. Completely. With it’s beauty, it’s artistry, its originality and it’s way of doing up things. And now the time had come to return back to my country, India . The landscape outs ide had been consistent for a wh ile with a thick fog of cloud cover underneath - white was all…

Nara Bloggers

To all my Nara friends ~ With love

Arti March 01, 2013

Nara in Japan was a different trip. It was a different world, a small place – with a lot to see and even more to feel . It was about people, people who taught me how to be generous and trusting of strangers. They shared their breads, laughters, joys and stories with us. They allowed us to sleep on their beds while they slept on tatami mats on the floor. They…

Tokyo

Going Vegan: A Vegetarian’s food guide in Japan

Arti February 26, 2013

Let me confess upfront, I was a very fussy eater in Japan . A pure vegetarian traveling in a country habitually relying on fish as one of its base ingredients, I had always been skeptical. What raised my doubts further were the incomprehensible Japanese signs and symbols and the unfamiliar smell that emanated from inside the eateries while passing by them. But t…

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The Temple of the Golden Pavilion or Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto, Japan

Arti February 20, 2013

Day 6 in Nara: New Miyako Hotel, A review - Heian Jingu Shrine and Garden - Nanzenji Temple and grounds - Nijo Castle - TEMPLE OF THE GOLDEN PAVILION We stood in awe, watching the patch of gold shimmer brightly in the afternoon sun. There was a positive aura emanating from the ancient structure... It felt like we had approached a tremendous power radiating…