Month: March 2015
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Exploring A Shield Volcano – Jeju Island, South Korea
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Jeju Island, located off the tip of South Korea, is a paradise for geologists, honeymooners, and adventurers alike. I ventured to Jeju on a recommendation from a friend, as well as seeing the epic pictures of the Seongsan Ilchulbong. Jeju is a geological paradise, with interesting volcanic features such as Mt. Hallasan, an almost perfect…
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Stepping Into The City Of The Future, Seoul, South Korea
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Seoul, South Korea is a city of the future. It’s layer upon layers of buildings, technology, culture, people, and pollution. The streets are buzzing everywhere with food vendors, frenzied college kids, psychedelically dressed middle aged women, matching couples, and markets. It’s wired to the max, with some of the fastest internet in the world, ubiquitous…
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Snowboarding and Snow Monkey Beer in Shiga Kogen, Japan
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My final stop on this lap through Japan was in at Shiga Kogen, Japan’s highest, largest ski resort. I joined a local Tokyo-based winter adventure club appropriately called “Tokyo Gaijins” on their Snow Monkey Beer Live trip to Shiga Kogen. The trip provided both awesome winter sports, as well as access to the “Snow Monkey…
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Zenkoji Temple, Nagano, Japan
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During my most recent lap through Japan, I had the opportunity to spend a day at Nagano’s mystical buddhist Zenkoji Temple. I’m blaming my lack of sleep the night before for the absence of shots, but here’s a few from the time I spent there. In Nagano, I stayed at the 1166 Backpackers Hostel, which…
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Shibu Onsen Snow Monkeys
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High in the mountains of central Japan, there’s a hotsprings “onsen” where Macaque snow monkeys bathe. Saori and I took an amazing trip to visit them, and soak in a few onsens ourselves.