Nihon on the Net - Japan Blog Matsuri Edition
As promised, this weeks Nihon on the Net will feature Impressions of Tokyo submitted to the newly revived Japan Blog Matsuri. We have quite a few great articles to read, so let’s get started…
Tae Kim, next months host, talks about Google Street View of Japan in Google, what will they think of next? at Guide to Japanese.
Mark Ramsay presents Tokyo, Japan: The Electric City at Virtual Tripping.
Bill Belew shares Impressions of Tokyo - Is That All There Is? at EastAsiaFair.
Tori “The Chemist” Johnson presents “A Night in Ikebukuro” at Daily J.
Jason talks about traversing Tokyo Station in At 300 km/h - Impressions of Tokyo at Jason’s Random Thoughts.
Jordan shares some chance encounters in Tokyo Stories: Impressions of Tokyo at Chirimotsumoreba.
Billy West presents Looking Into the Abyss: First Impressions of Tokyo at 7:10 to Tokyo.
Christy Varonfakis Johnson shares her Impressions of Tokyo and some photos at On Focus Photo Blog.
Lulu presents For the love of Tokyo… at Cherry Blossom Adventures.
Chris presents First impressions of Tokyo: A City of Contrasts at Nihongo Notes.
Mark shares the Taking Tokyo Taxi Challenge at PNN Tokyo Stories.
Nick Ramsay tells us about the New Narita Express Coming 2009 at LongCountdown.com.
An my contribution was Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan, author Lafcadio Hearn’s impressions of Japan which he wrote over a hundred years ago and are still relevant today.
Thanks to all who participated and shared their Impressions of Tokyo. Next months Japan Blog Matsuri will be hosted by Tae Kim at Guide to Japanese and the topic will be “The Language of Japan”. All you need to do to join in the fun is to write a post on the subject and submit it here before September 20th.
The Japan Blog Matsuri was revived by Nick Ramsay, creator of JapanSoc, a great social networking site for those interested in Japan.
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7 opinions for Nihon on the Net - Japan Blog Matsuri Edition
ジェイソン (Jason)
Aug 24, 2008 at 8:07 pm
Wow … quite a few blogs took part. I can’t wait until the next Matsuri! :)
The August Japan Blog Matsuri has now be … « JapanSoc Community Blog
Aug 24, 2008 at 8:49 pm
[…] August Japan Blog Matsuri has now been published. Check out all of the Impressions of Tokyo. Thanks to all for your support and submissions. Be sure to submit your posts to next months […]
Jordan
Aug 24, 2008 at 9:39 pm
Great job Shane! Thanks again!
Nick Ramsay
Aug 24, 2008 at 10:42 pm
Thanks for hosting the comeback matsuri! You did a splendid job! :)
mark ramsay
Aug 25, 2008 at 12:05 am
I really enjoyed doing the post about Japan and the electric city, thanks for having me Mark R.
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Aug 26, 2008 at 12:17 pm
[…] JBM was held by Shane over at the Tokyo Traveler, and was focused around the theme “Impressions of Tokyo“. Go check it out and start to think about whether or not you’d like to contribute to […]
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Aug 27, 2008 at 8:52 am
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