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Shona McCarthy
- Jul 20, 2020
- 7 min
Paper Thin: Walls Can Be Romantic
(Having re-read this in July, 2020, I marvel at how quickly I got so attached to a young man I hardly knew. Nowadays I wouldn't so easily...
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Shona McCarthy
- Feb 14, 2020
- 4 min
Riding the Nankai Rapit Express
(Photos I took of the Nankai Rapit, inside and out.) When I was preparing for my most recent trip to Japan, one of the things I wanted to...
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Shona McCarthy
- Jan 31, 2020
- 9 min
Share Bathrooms – A Door To Budget Accommodation in Japan
My first experience of staying in accommodation with a share bathroom was during my second stay in rural Australia. I won’t name the...
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Shona McCarthy
- Jan 27, 2020
- 2 min
Dotombori/Dotonbori
(Photos taken by me in Dottonbori, 2017) When people think of Japan, there are many images that would flood their mind. Samurais, Ninjas,...
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Shona McCarthy
- Jul 1, 2019
- 6 min
Feeling Eurasian
(Free image from Wix.) (I originally wrote most of this piece as I was preparing to go on a study tour in China. Since then, my mindset...
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