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Rikkyodai Gigantic Street Food Festival

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Sword Museum! Katana!!

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Sunrise in Okayama, Bizen Town Walk

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Happy Thanksgiving! Gobble gobble!

Hello everyone! Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours. Unfortunately, we didn’t have a Turkey 🦃 but the spirit of thankfulness is strong here: good health, great happiness, family and our community. We love you all and wish you a wonderful long weekend, no matter where you are in the world. Our appreciation extends to you all in all hemispheres around world and I look forward to seeing you all when we start to travel again as a family like in the past.

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Japanese Convenient Store Sandwich Eat-off

Got 3 🥪 to try - which is best? Only one way to find out! Join me for lunch -John ^_^

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Japan Trip Planning & Advice CALL-IN Q&A

Advanced notice! Call in via Discord Fireside from 5 min before start time :) -John

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Shinkansen Over-Sized Luggage & Storage

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Matcha Tea & a PACKED GINZA STREET

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Japan’s Inflation vs Exchange Rate | is it still a bargain?

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Japanese Food Court NOODLE Experince (Tsukemen)

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Early Access | How Japanese GREEN TEA is Made, Farm to Factory

Early access for our Samurai! TEA TIME ADVENTURE! Let’s head to Shizuoka. It’s been a while - I’m very sorry. I’ve been re-learning Adobe Premiere Pro with annoying changes they call “updates” to the software and learning DaVinci Resolve to move on from Premiere. I even got Final Cut Pro because I’m so frustrated with Premiere Pro after using it since 2003, almost 20 years! I’m over that mental hump and have the Wagyu Olympics story, next up on the cutting block. Rabbit Island...

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Chilly autumn Tokyo Walk (of Shame)

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Japan Trip Planner CALL-IN | Itinerary and Hotels

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Postcards are OFF 🏣✈️

Let’s see who’s first! Probably Spencer who lives down the street 😂 🇯🇵 but apart from Japan, will it be reigning champ Switzerland 🇨🇭 again? Perhaps Canada which is reopen will win the week?! Australia isn’t too far away, sort of. Hawaii 🍍? Singapore 🇸🇬 with some Merlion power?

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Japanese Ferry to Takamatsu from Shodoshima

Advanced notice. Let’s FLOAT! 🚢 John

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Far Side of Japan’s Shodoshima Island

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Shodoshima OLIVE PARK Adventure

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Haneda Airport to Plane via Gate Bus

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Omotesando to Aoyama Tokyo Street View

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Amazing Torii Gates of Japan - POSTCARD CLUB NOVEMBER

This month, we'll travel to Nagano's Saku City to one of my favorite Torii Gates in front of Shinkai Sansha Shrine. I found it just wandering and loved it - so much character - from the mundane to the spiritual! The stamps are fun Japanese Cultural diversions - fireworks, onsen, tea, beach ... which one will you get? 1 in 10 chance! THANK YOU again for the support. The END OF YEAR card will include our Samurai supporters in December. PLEASE double check your address in case you've moved.
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Asakusabashi to Akihabara | Road under the Rails

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Japan Post Reopens Routes! Oh, Canada 🇨🇦!!

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Japan Post: Packages to Canada is BACK!

I'm happy to announce that packages to Canada have returned starting November 2!! Main to FINLAND and ROMANIA is also back. Alexandru in București has 2.5 years worth of postcards heading to Europe! Those go back to before Leo was born! I'm happy to get mail to Finland which was suspended soon after the War in Ukraine began. Sadly, Brazil, UAE, India, Packages to Portugal are still suspended but expectations that will change soon are high.
Good things to come! -John \(^_^)/ 

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You’re in Japan - now where next? Call in 📞 and ask John

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Off tonight, Smashing Pumpkins

Hi 👋 Everyone, I’ll be in tonight. I’ve had really bad stomach cramps and a splitting headache the last few hours. I’ve been sick on and off the last 10 days, this feels different. Kanae is making me go to the hospital in the AM if I don’t feel better. I’ll be okay, but I won’t be able to do my “not as good as Shibuya Halloween” alternative live stream midnight snack run tonight. I will however go to bed early and take my revenge on Halloween 🎃 on Nov 1st if I feel up to...

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Don’t wear this in Tokyo — but why?

Advanced warning — I mean notice! My legs are out! -John 🦵☀️

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Patreon Q&A October 2022 (Mischief Night) 🎃

Ask away! But I’m going live soon so see you then :)

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Tokyu Tamagawa Line to Kamata Station | Tokyo Trains

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Why I Avoid Shibuya HALLOWEEN

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How Tokyo’s Street Markets have changed

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