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Swimming in Tokyo Bay?

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Japanese Garden in Tokyo

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Postcard Club Stamp!

This month, dessert!! Which one will you get (yeah, it’s totally random :)

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Tokyo Night Street Food

Advanced notice. May be a special guest :) -John

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Kyoto in 2015

(4 years ago today)
Ah, Kyoto ... it's wonderful when you find a famous street and area QUIET, share a matcha with a friend. We stopped for a photo after filming out KYOTO STREET FOOD GUIDE: NISHIKI MARKET which will pass 1M views in July https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDAqtVbRux4 I need to go back down and...

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ONLY in JAPAN Patreon Community on DISCORD

If you haven't joined the community on DISCORD yet, here is the link.
https://discord.gg/Sb8UnTu
DISCORD is an app you download to a smartphone or computer that g...

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The Taira no Masakado Story

Peter and I visited the Taira no Masakado grave this evening. It was kind of scary because previous to starting Kanae had told me to be careful with this. It shook me a little. Sensitive topics are typically ignored in Japan. I was told a Japanese comedian who came here with a TV crew was kicked and beaten by locals. He left and was not employed again for 3 years! The GO channel is big enough t...

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Story

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It’s time! (DISCORD for all)

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Patreon LIVE Q&A June 2019 no.1

Here's the first of 2 live Q&A for supporters here on Patreon :)
Starts SUNDAY at 8:15am JST > click the video now to see the local time in your area.
This live stream is open to ALL Patreon supporters including Welcome level this time :)
You can leave me a question below -- or ask me in the DISCORD chat after I do the opening.

NEW YORK SAT @ 7:15PM
SAN FRAN SAT @ ...

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Kanazawa Station to Tokyo on Shinkansen

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Beach Highway — on sand?!

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Ekiben on Shinkansen to Kanazawa

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Shinjuku electronics district!

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Hirome Market

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Kochi Station

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Are Japan’s LCC from Tokyo worth it?

Advanced notice! I’m flying to Kochi to reshoot the Sunday morning market and taking Jetstar! -John

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Toyosu Fish Market Roof Garden

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Ask me anything! Patreon Discord Call in LIVE on *GO

Advance notice :) this is live to EVERYONE but I’ll take Discord calls on my computer with our samurai supporters. Looking forward to it! -John DISCORD LINK: https://discord.gg/Sb8UnTu Use the same email you use with Patreon for access to Samurai and other groups on the server. 

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Tokyo Sanja Festival, Feel the best!

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Tokyo Food Truck Lunch

Advanced notice! Hungry? Grab some snacks and watch us in central Tokyo!

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Postcards Away ✈️

I completely forgot to take a photo BEFORE dropping them in!!! 😲 but here’s the hand that delivered them. The Sanja Festival is next weekend but a part of it will be in your mailbox shortly. Thank you for the support everyone! The stamp: a touch of Japanese summer. Nothing too dramatic ☀️ just some sunny colors and feeling. Let me know when it arrives! -John

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Shin-Kobe Shinkansen Stations

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Kobe Midnight Snack Run

It’s not just Tokyo anymore ... advanced notice!

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Sanja Festival Postcards are HERE! ... 👏 awesome!

I just got back from Kochi and — there was a box waiting for me. They look awesome!! Another good one for the collection. I’m sending them out from tomorrow — to Wednesday and will send the stamp selection. They’re a week behind because of the 10-day Japanese holiday. The printers were closed but the post office was actually working much of the time!

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Kochi Castle!

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Castle like Hotel! Single room

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Koi no bori

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Shimanto River Hotel

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Japanese Rest Area Art?

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