2011-06-01 12:45:00
In a few months the Sluyter family will travel to Japan for three weeks of holiday. Together with our good friends Kaijuu and Michel we'll stick around the Kyushu island for a week and hang around the Kansai area (Osaka) for another two weeks. It'll be nice to go back to Japan, especially Kansai.
In preparation for our trip I've already started expanding the Google Map for Shiranai Travel with all manner of interesting sights. Most of these will be centered around Kyushu, Hiroshima, Kobe, Osaka and Kyoto because we're temporarily avoiding going further east what with the whole Fukushima deal. I mean, we don't expect anything to be wrong with Tokyo and so forth, but we can always leave those areas for another visit.
One thing I will put on my "must do" list involves kendo (sorry honey!). I've recently learned that there are two excellent dojo right in the vicinity of our appartment building in Tanimachi Yon-chome. What's more, the Syudoukan dojo (pictured left) is actually on the Osaka-jo (castle) grounds! Both dojo welcome foreign visitors, so how can I pass up an opportunity like that?! Judging by the map I was actually pretty close to the Syudoukan dojo when we visited the gardens on New Year's night. The other dojo, Yoseikai, is a short trip away by subway and is home to one of the editors of the Kenshi247 website.
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Posted by Kaijuu (website)
Quick update: just did a preliminary booking fo Hakata; asked Niels to root for us at WMT.
Posted by Menno
I just finished your copy of the four hour workweek. Some interesting travelling tips in there! :)
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2011-06-01 19:16:00
Posted by Kaijuu (website)
I believe I even have a few pictures of that particular dojo. When I went for a walk on the first morning last year April, I headed out for the castle to shoot the sunrise and the morning workout in the inner moat.
There were some nice cherry blossoms near that dojo. :)