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田町 Tamachi (field town, rice paddy town) Tamachi Station in the rain Let’s Get the Kanji Out of the Way First 田 ta, da, den field, rice paddy 町 machi, chō town, neighborhood Present day 田町 Tamachi is a stop on the 山手線 Yamanote-sen Yamanote Line...

Japan and a little bit of China After having two Japan cruises cancelled by Celebrity, we finally made it to Japan, with a touch of China. It turned out to be one of our favorite trips. We very much liked Japan, and its people. The people were friendly...

There are many many sites to see in Kyoto.  In fact there are over 2,000 temples and shrines in this wonderful city alone and that’s before you look at anything else!  So before you even get there you need to realize you are never going...

By PETER VAN DEN DUNGEN Introduction In the growing debate and literature about the contributions of tourism to peace, a particular aspect that has so far been largely ignored is ‘peace tourism’. This involves visits to places, at home and abroad,...