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74Tarnished Image of the Geisha
Contrary to popular belief, female Geisha, or Geiko as they were sometimes referred to, were not prostitutes. In fact, the first Geisha, which appeared in the early 1600s, were men! Male Geisha on the other hand, entertained as jesters and did...
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70Why we can't solve global warming
Global warming is not something that is new, it is a term that everyone has heard and knows the meaning of. In 1904 Svante Arrhenius conducted a study on the amount of carbon being released into the atmosphere by humans that resulted in the...
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74Top 20 Places to Visit and Things to Do in Japan
Geisha Steeped in tradition yet awashed in modern-day tools, Japan is a country that blows the imagination of its travelers in so many ways. It is a clash of sorts. Large, wooden, age-old shrines and temples against the glass-encased...
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6810 Best Places to Visit When Travelling in Nara, Japan
Kofukuji Temple Nara – Japan’s First Capital The first capital of Japan founded in 710 under the ancient name of Heijo or Heijo-kyo, Nara is an old Japanese city with a long, rich history. Nara was the seat of political power in Japan from...
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71Japan: Fushimi Inari Torii
Fushimi Inari Torii is probably the one shrine in the world that has left me completely humbled and full of open-eyed wonder. Spectacular doesn't even begin to describe this monument to the sight sense.
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78Japan: Bamboo Forest in Arashiyama-Sagano
As soon as I set foot in Sagano's bamboo forest, I knew I would write about it. I'm certainly not the first, nor will I be the last, but I must, because it's are true sight to behold.
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85Japan: Amazing Bookstores in Kyoto and Tokyo
As part of my series of Best Bookstores in the World, here are two amazing bookstores in Japan, one in Kyoto by the name of Keibunsya, and the other in Tokyo, that goes by Daikanyama T-Site, the flagship store of the Tsutaya retail chain. The photos, I'm afraid, don't make them justice.
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61Eco-marathan; paving the way towards a healthy environment
Eco marathon held in Germany. Pakistan came up with Burraq. To know what it is just look at its marvellous design. This is done because of the Kyoto Protocol idea in which each country has to participate to reduce carbon dioxide emission
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69GLOBAL WARMING MYTH AND PROPAGANDA
Global Warming is a political distraction from what is most important of all in this world and that is people being decent to each other and not back stabbing and manipulating one another. It is time to lend a hand and give the greatest gift of all.
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58Pavilions of Silver and Gold
The streets of Kyoto were designed on the pattern of a Go board, by dreamy and impish urban planners who surely had a drink or two. As one passes from square to square gazing vacantly at the thick cypress bark rooftops and sneering Fu dogs, one must...
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