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Virtual JAPAN DO !!!
kpc has reminded me we should have been having welcome drinks at Japan Do this evening (in about 30 minutes to be exact). So let’s hold a virtual Japan Do, not involving a Zoom call but by posting photos or stories of what we might have been doing or what we did during past Japan Dos.
Here are a couple of photos from the first Japan Do in 2013 when welcome drinks were at Hearland in Roppongi. https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...5dd7bd867.jpeg https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...aa3b9c891.jpeg |
Welcome drinks at Hyatt Regency, Shinjuku, Japan Do 2014 (the only photo I can find!)
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...18bf3ead5.jpeg and at Bar Fizz, Grand Hyatt, Fukuoka, Japan Do 2015 https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...7f16208b3.jpeg https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...e345529ea.jpeg |
Welcome drinks at the In Place, Osaka Hilton, Japan Do 2016
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...cc55a28c5.jpeg Pub Cardinal, Akasaka, Japan Do, Tokyo, 2017. All I remember is it was difficult to find! https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...8ab6bc3dc.jpeg |
T’CAFE at T38 Observation Deck, JR Tower- Hokkai-Do Japan-Do #7, 19-21 April 2019
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T’CAFE at T38 Observation Deck, JR Tower- Hokkai-Do Japan-Do #7, 19-21 April 2019
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To complete the collection here are a couple of photos from Japan Do 2018 in Okinawa at the DOJO Bar, Naha.
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This is what we are missing but safer viewing on FT 😊
Just told by our faithful “ guide “ , we are possibly only good to go spring 2022 !! Earliest Japan will open up to foreigners ? .. https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...5e164369d.jpeg Enjoy spring in Kyoto |
Nagano looks like a good place to be.
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Friday is usually a walking tour of the city or a short trip to a nearby “tourist” spot followed by the Do dinner. Here are some photos of Friday activities.
Japan Do 2013, Tokyo Hamarikyu Park https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...ef8b9a625.jpeg Asakusa https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...d7701791a.jpeg Japan Do 2014, Tokyo Picnic lunch at Shinjuku Gyoen Park https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...656c6dbc6.jpeg Choosing drnks from vending machines https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...13739a55c.jpeg Japan Do 2015, Fukuoka Very wet Dazaifu https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...b16572179.jpeg Free-flowing drinks at the Do Dinner https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...5aac0257b.jpeg |
More Friday activities
Japan Do 2016, Osaka A day trip to Nara https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...bb1c8c756.jpeg Okonomiyaki dinner https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...e1d42a11c.jpeg Japan Do 2017, Tokyo Tokyo shitamachi (downtown) walk https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...0eb9123c0.jpeg Never too early for beer! https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...929f7126e.jpeg |
And some more.
Japan Do 2018, Naha Okinawa Shuri Castle (which was destroyed by fire 18 months later) https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...e6f7bc5cf.jpeg Very local lunch (looking very serious) https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...9a714e384.jpeg Hokkai-Do aka Japan Do 2019, Sapporo City walk https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...43c6c02c0.jpeg Do dinner https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...5849c04f0.jpeg |
2017 day trip to Matsumoto
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...60f1b76596.jpg https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...6609a827d6.jpg In 2018 some people visited the former Japanese Navy underground HQ as well as a supermarket. https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...a2f38dd3ff.jpg https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...5b89adf840.jpg A day trip to Otaru for some in 2019 while others went on to Yoichi for the Nikka Whisky Distillery https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...23e58ff9e3.jpg https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...0f2f7f6bc9.jpg https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...c207fadde4.jpg |
I vividly recall attending the 2013 Tokyo Do and IIRC we enjoyed a visit to HND before the yakatabune dinner. Hard to believe it's been 8 years but that was a special trip as my visit coincided with the peak of cherry blossom Sakura season.
Thanks for the travel memories! :) |
On Easter Sunday during Japan Dos some people set off on their journey home but others join more trips/visits or do their own thing.
On Easter Sunday 2014 we had a memorable trip to Hakone, which could have been anywhere given the visibility when we reached Owakudani where this photo looking towards Mt Fuji was taken. https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...3035126540.jpg https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...38712ba5d5.jpg On Easter Sunday 2017 many Japan Do attendees flew to Seoul for Korea Do At the end of Japan Do 2018 a number of attendees went on a post-do trip to Tokashiki island https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...d16b8484d5.jpg https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...e52fe192b3.jpg On Easter Sunday 2019 a group of FTers visited the Historical Village of Hokkaido followed by ubiquitous bowls of ramen for which Sapporo is famous https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...69ea47e548.jpg https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...57d43bdf52.jpg https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...7026820028.jpg |
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