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Go cart session

Category: Leisure

08/16/2008

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Last saturday, I had a go-cart session near Nagoya. I've had quite a few in France and even one, memorable, in Cambodia, but this was my first time in Japan...

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Hokkaido 7 - Shikotsu

Category: Travel

08/10/2008

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The sun finally came back out after several days of cloudy weather, right on time for my plans. I had indeed decided to do my third and last hike of that trip, right next to Shikotsu lake...

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A week-end in Tokyo

Category: Travel

07/27/2008

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Three weeks ago, I went to Tokyo to visit Stephane, a friend who lives there...

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Hokkaido 6 - Niseko

Category: Travel

07/20/2008

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I hesitated before writing this post...As I was expecting the sun, I went to Niseko, a ski and hiking resort not very far from Sapporo, where I spent a night and did one of the numerous hiking trails available in the area...

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Hokkaido 5 - Hakodate

Category: Travel

07/13/2008

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As the weather wasn't showing any sign of improvement, I decided to stop with the lakes, onsen and parks and spent one day in Hakodate, a port town located at the southwestern tip of the island...

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Two pictures

Category: General

07/04/2008

Being quite busy lately, I'm doing a little break with Hokkaido, I'll start again next week.

Today, just two pictures. First my mom, who came to visit me in Nagoya for ten days:

And then the farewell party of Naoyuki, one of my best friends in Japan (right behind me on the picture):

The male-female ratio is typical of Japanese parties, and no I'm definitely not complaining about it!

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Hokkaido 4 - Shiretoko

Category: Travel

06/24/2008

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Shiretoko national park is located at the northeastern tip of Hokkaido and is one of the most remote areas in Japan. The nature is intact, and most of the park is completely pristine...

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Hokkaido 3 - From Akan to Shiretoko

Category: Travel

06/12/2008

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After leaving lake Akan, I headed north towards the national park of Shiretoko at the northeastern tip of Hokkaido. The weather was bad so I had to postpone part of my plans to the next day...

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Hokkaido 2 - Akan and Meakan dake

Category: Travel

06/08/2008

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Right after Sapporo, I decided to head towards the east, as the weather forecasts were mentioning a typhoon coming from the opposite direction. My destination was Akan lake...

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Hokkaido 1 - Sapporo

Category: Travel

05/19/2008

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I beginned my trip to Hokkaido with Sapporo. You may have heard that name...indeed,...

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Hokkaido - introduction

Category: Travel

05/12/2008

Summer is approaching, and since summer usually means travel and considering it's been a while since I talked about my trips, I've decided to start relating my "Hokkaido tour" of last september...

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Paid vacations

Category: Job

05/05/2008

I've been working for six months and just received my first paid vacations. Seen from abroad, Japan seems to be a country that has very few vacation days, which people usually don't even take. But does it match the reality?...

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