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TF Flashback: Travels Around Japan’s Most Southern Main Island With My In-Laws (2014)

  It’s been a decade since I last visited Kyushu; the most southern of Japan’s main four islands. Back in May 2014 my girlfriend (now wife) and I met up with her parents and Momiji the dog (god, rest her … Continue reading

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Kyushu Trip 2014 Pt I: Nagasaki (Urakami Area)

When thinking of Nagasaki first thoughts sadly but inevitably turn to the atomic bomb that was dropped on the place on August 9th, 1945. The ideal place to start our Kyushu adventure then was in Urukami; the hypocentre of the explosion which was a grave … Continue reading

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