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JICA FRIENDSHIP PROGRAM SCIENCE STUDENTS 1987: PART 12: TOKYO DISNEYLAND! (UNOFFICIAL TRIP) by n Pinay's Footsteps on Sep 9, 2011Today, most of the other ASEAN Delegates are on their way back to their country. As I understand, there were no flights to the Philippines that day, so we had our third free day!It is our 31st day in Japan and of course, this extra day meant TOK...
JICA FRIENDSHIP PROGRAM SCIENCE STUDENTS 1987: PART 9: KYOTO by n Pinay's Footsteps on Sep 7, 2011Now we are on our way to Kyoto via Shinkansen!As was mentioned, this type of Shinkansen had already retired and is in one of the train museums in the UK.The Shinkansen ride was very comfortable and I found it interesting to walk back and forth in the...
JICA FRIENDSHIP PROGRAM SCIENCE STUDENTS 1987: PART 10: KAMAKURA! by n Pinay's Footsteps on Sep 7, 2011From Kyoto, we are going back to Tokyo via Shinkansen, again! How lucky we were! The Shinkansen ride seems to be an ordinary ride.We were again booked in the Hotel Metropolitan in Ikebukuro, Tokyo.If you notice, we had lots of free days before the Ev...
JICA FRIENDSHIP PROGRAM SCIENCE STUDENTS 1987: PART 8: HIROSHIMA by n Pinay's Footsteps on Sep 7, 2011Bye-bye Yamaguchi!Hello Hiroshima! Hiroshima (広島市 Hiroshima-shi?) ( listen (help·info)) is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu, the lar...
JICA FRIENDSHIP PROGRAM SCIENCE STUDENTS 1987: PART 7: HOMESTAY IN YAMAGUCHI PREFECTURE by n Pinay's Footsteps on Sep 6, 2011From sightseeing in Yamaguchi, we went into a very precious part of our experience, the Homestay!From Wikipedia: Homestay is a form of tourism and/or study abroad program that allows the visitor to rent a room from a local fa...
JICA FRIENDSHIP PROGRAM SCIENCE STUDENTS 1987: PART 6: YAMAGUCHI PREFECTURE by n Pinay's Footsteps on Sep 5, 2011From Kanagawa Prefecture, we rode via ANA (plane) to the southernmost tip of Japan mainland, Yamaguchi Prefecture.Here's our schedule:We stayed in Hotel Sun Route Yamaguchi. As we moved from Tokyo to Yokohama to Yamaguchi, our hotel rooms became smal...
JICA FRIENDSHIP PROGRAM SCIENCE STUDENTS 1987: PART 4: HAKONE by n Pinay's Footsteps on Sep 4, 2011After the Pre-Departure Orientation in the Philippines and the General Orientation in Tokyo, we are now excited to meet our Japanese counterparts as well as visit many places in Japan. This time, the ASEAN-Japan Friendship Program Group A Science Stu...
7th Pagatpat festival by Lifestyles Bacolod on Aug 27, 2011* THE Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has committed to fund the new Negros Silk Industry Support Project. * THIS was contained in an agreement signed by Hiiroti Mitsugi, senior JICA representative, with Governor Freddie Marañon and the...
Artists to perform in Charity Concert for Japan by COOLBUSTER.net on Apr 23, 2011The magnitude 8.9 earthquake and gigantic tsunami that struck Japan last March 11 left thousands dead and more still missing. The twin disaster also damaged the Fukushima nuclear power plant causing the worst radiation crisis in history so far, and w...
Marikina Valley Fault Line: The Ring of Fire by Quoted News - Latest News on Mar 28, 2011The Marikina Valley Fault Line extends from San Mateo Rizal to Taguig City, passing through densely populated areas of Makati, Marikina, Paranaque, Pasig and Taguig. Due to some misinterpretations of Marikina Valley Fault people were assuming that th...
