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Why You Should Add Hakuba to Your Summer-in-Japan Itinerary

Why You Should Add Hakuba to Your Summer-in-Japan Itinerary

August 6, 2018
by Gemma Clarke
Japan Tips, Travel

Australians love Japan. We crave its sushi, we embrace getting pissed at karaoke, we marvel at the novelty of being naked in a public bathhouse….

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Hakuba: Hike Karamatu-Dake

Hakuba: Hike Karamatu-Dake

August 2, 2018
by Gemma Clarke
Hakuba Do

Get There: From Happo Bus Terminal, walk to the base of the Adam Gondola. A round trip on the Alpine Line is 2900 yen for adults,…

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Hakuba: Lake Aoki

Hakuba: Lake Aoki

August 2, 2018
by Gemma Clarke
Hakuba Do

Get There: Lake Aoki is about a 15-minute drive from central Hakuba — it’s the first of a trio of bodies of water. Lake Aoki is…

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Tokyo: Tattoo-Friendly Sento and Onsen

Tokyo: Tattoo-Friendly Sento and Onsen

July 12, 2018
by Gemma Clarke
Tokyo Do

As tame as your ‘Live Laugh Love’ tattoo may be at home, in the Land of the Rising Sun, skin ink has traditionally been associated…

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Tokyo: Visit Senso-ji, the City's Oldest Temple

Tokyo: Visit Senso-ji, the City’s Oldest Temple

July 12, 2018
by Gemma Clarke
Tokyo Do

Get There: 3-1 Asakusa 2-chome, Taito-ku. Majestic, colourful Senso-ji is swarming with tourists every day of the week. In fact, its main temple, Kannon-do, is…

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Tokyo: Go Back in Time at Yanaka Ginza

Tokyo: Go Back in Time at Yanaka Ginza

July 11, 2018
by Gemma Clarke
Tokyo Do

Get There: 3 Chome-13-1 Yanaka, Taitō. Nippori is the closest JR station, but you can also get there easily from Sendagi station. Central Tokyo is great,…

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Tokyo: Animal Cafés

Tokyo: Animal Cafés

July 11, 2018
by Gemma Clarke
Tokyo Don't

It’s an unfortunate reality that most animal interactions you dreamed of as a child – from swimming with dolphins to posing for selfies with a…

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Tokyo: Swim in the Ome River

Tokyo: Swim in the Ome River

July 11, 2018
by Gemma Clarke
Tokyo Do

Get There: Train to Ikuabata, Sawai or Mitake Station At the peak of summer, being in Tokyo is much akin to being inside a giant,…

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I Bought an Amazonian Toucan in Peru

I Bought an Amazonian Toucan in Peru

June 24, 2018
by Gemma Clarke
Yarns

I’ve never really been one to take to guts and gore. I fainted dissecting cane toads at school, cried for three hours when our van…

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Too Many Dicks on the Beach

Too Many Dicks on the Beach

May 24, 2018
by Gemma Clarke
Yarns

“It’s a cock, girls,” Frank announced with glee. Grace and I exchanged eye-rolls – we’ve seen our share of penises; we knew what it was….

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Brides and Arseholes in Cambodia

Brides and Arseholes in Cambodia

September 11, 2017
by Gemma Clarke
Cambodia Yarns, Yarns

It was 3am, and I’d been swaying to mindless chart music at a beach bar in Sihanoukville for far too long. When I’d arrived in…

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A Daisy Through Concrete: Sarajevo 25 Years On

A Daisy Through Concrete: Sarajevo 25 Years On

April 6, 2017
by Gemma Clarke
Features

“If you survived 1993, nothing else matters. There is no such thing as problems.” – Faruk Osmanovic, Sarajevo siege survivor Steeped in a rich valley…

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