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Is It Wrong to Tell Kids to Apologize? Some parents argue that forcing children to say they’re sorry is useless or even harmful. The reality is more nuanced. By Stephanie H. Murray Harold M. Lambert / Getty May 6, 2024 THE … Continue reading →

Day 74/7 Sun Aug 15 Congregation Kneses Tifereth, Port Chester. A rectangular box with a round brick entrance lobby. Modern. Architectural Delight ON McDonald’s in Port Chester  Day 75/8 Sat Aug 16 NEW YORK CITY & LONG ISLAND NEW YORK METROPOLITAN … Continue reading →

NEW BRUNSWICK (Saint John, Moncton) Day 57   Wed July 23 New Brunswick Botanical Garden, Edmundston is a provincial park on 7 hectares and is the largest arboretum east of Montreal. There are exhibits on butterflies, a vegetable garden, rhododendrons, roses, … Continue reading →

JAPAN – KANSAI WESTERN (Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe) Day 1 Sat Mov 8 OSAKA (Greater) I arrived at 12:30 and took the train into the centre of Osaka. There were 3 sites with minor detours on the route to my hostel. … Continue reading →

GREATER TOKYO Day 4 Thur Nov 13 Train from Yokohama to Aoto Station, Keikye Main LIne direct. ON Hotel Akai. CA$37 Day 5 Fri Nov 14 Train to Narita Airport Pick up a camper van from Samurai Camper vans near … Continue reading →

KANTO (Kanagawa, Chiba, Saitama, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma) OGASAWARA ISLANDS WHS TOMIOKA SILK MILL AND RELATED SITES WHS A historic sericulture and silk mill complex established in the late 19th and early 20th century in the early Meiji period in the … Continue reading →

Observations and Driving a Camper Van in Japan Samurai  KANSAI WESTERN KANTO TOHOKU SOUTH, CHIBU NORTH-WEST CHUGOKUI EAST & SHIKOKU KANSAI EAST, CHUBU SOUTH EAST TOKYO

Day 9 Sat Nov 15 TOHOKU SOUTH  (Yamagata, Miyagi, Fukushima) IWAKI Iwakiyumoto Onsen. A simple hexagonal foot bath outdoors. Google Maps gives the wrong location. Free Coal Fossil Museum. Don’t miss this great museum with many dinosaur skeletons including the … Continue reading →

HOKKAIDO SOUTH AND CENTRAL (Sapporo, Iwamizawa, Hakodate) JOMON PREHISTORIC SITES IN NORTHERN JAPAN WHS  HAKODATE Kanemori Red Brick Warehouse. Urban Legends:  Museum of Northern Peoples Art Museums: Hakodate Museum of Art Urban Legends: Hakodate: Kanemori Red Brick Warehouse Museums – … Continue reading →

GUANGXI WEST, HAINAN  GUANGDONG, HUNAN SOUTH