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The impressively imposing Osaka-jo Castle
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11-14, 1999 Osaka, Japan
Osaka's a city that may arguably offer the best of modern Japan. As we discover
first hand, it's also probably the least staid, most laid-back and friendly of Japan's
larger cities. Not only that, but some say it's the city with the lion's share of Japan's
'urban personality'
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Aug 8-11, 1999 Tokyo, Japan
Even at 11:00pm last night, the train was packed with commuters. Some looked as
though they were just leaving the office, while others looked a bit squint-eyed, their
staggering giving off evidence of a just ended extracurricular meeting, most likely a
gathering over a few sakes
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The simple elegance of a Japanese umbrella |
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An quick argument erupts over a game of street marbles
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July 28 - Aug 1, 1999 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
The country just opened itself to outside investors and
tourists in late 1989. And it was only shortly before that, in 1986, that the government
reintroduced limited private enterprise. I get the feeling that the Vietnam of 1999 is a
country still in the midst of
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