Believe me when I say, many of the best travel experiences are unplanned and unexpected. Nevertheless, I hope this itinerary will help people imagine the experience of going on Worldschool Travel Tour: Japan in Summer 2010 and will help give us a basis for our 3 week trip.
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Worldschool Travel Tour: Japan in Summer 2010 Itinerary
February 5th, 2010Fushimi Inari Taishai – The Shinto Shrine for Foxes and Business
December 14th, 2009I’m finally doing another post from the Worldschool Travel Tour: Japan in Autumn 2009! This is from a Shinto shrine near Kyoto called Fushimi Inari Taisha. It’s famous for its many orange gates and is the number one shrine in Japan for the Inari “kami” (god) which rules rice, fertility, foxes, and business.
We started heading [...]
Short video: Cool machine makes traditional sweets in Kyoto market
November 30th, 2009While exploring Kyoto on the Worldschool Travel Tour: Japan in Autumn 2009 I took this short vid: a cool machine makes traditional Japanese sweets. Then I panned out to give a view of the hallway market, or shoutengai, with locals and the homeschoolers/unschoolers from the tour!
This is actually the first video I’ve ever posted to [...]
Back Home from Worldschool Travel Tour: Japan in Autumn 2009
November 25th, 2009Hey everyone, I’m finally back home and posting again after Worldschool Travel Tour: Japan in Autumn 2009. Six unschooling/homeschool teens and young adults and I spent three weeks exploring the Land of the Rising Sun.
Here I’ll start with the last photo from the trip just after we cleared customs in LAX:
I got about half way [...]
First Kyoto temple: Ginkakuji – “The Silver Temple”
November 14th, 2009It’s been an exciting week for us seven unschoolers/homeschoolers in Japan! We’ve been to many places but now I’ll post photos from the first temple we went to in Kyoto: Ginkakuji – “The Silver Temple“. Above the famous sand sculptures the maple leaves are just starting to turn bright red.
The colors of the leaves in [...]
Mikuni, Osaka, Kawaramachi, Kyoto, and Harajuku, Tokyo
November 9th, 2009We had a pretty busy weekend on the Worldschool Travel Tour with us seven unschooling young adults: we went to my old little neighborhood of Mikuni, Osaka and to Kawaramachi the bustling center of Kyoto on Saturday. On Sunday we went to Harajuku, Tokyo which is famous for its “cosplay”: people who show off amazing [...]
Tokyo to Kyoto: First Few Days of Worldschool Travel Tour: Japan 2009
November 6th, 2009Our first three nights of the Worldschool Travel Tour: Japan in Autumn 2009 took us around Tokyo to Ahkihabara Electric Town, Shinjuku, Asakusa and Kaminarimon Gate, and now Kyoto. Seven unschooling/homeschooling world travelers with our own old Japanese style apartment in the center of the cultural center of Japan!
Now for some photos!
Most of these photos are [...]
First Morning in Tokyo on Worldschool Travel Tour: Japan in Autumn
November 2nd, 2009I woke up early as I have been but things are going great on Worldschool Travel Tour: Japan in Autumn 2009! The 11 hour flight was pretty exhausting but Korean Airlines fed us good food and gave us good leg room! Then we had trouble getting money from ATMs but even that seems to be cleared-up!
I [...]
Guide to eating in Japan: Dos, Don’ts, Customs, and Words
October 9th, 2009“Irashaimase!” That’s the “Welcome!” you hear bellowed when you enter a restaurant in Japan. Here are a bunch of other words and customs plus some dos and don’ts to know when eating in Japan.
Entering a Restaurant in Japan
First of all, the welcome you hear often sounds more like: “Iiiiiirasshaimaseeee!”
Or some people, especially guys, will say [...]
