WHERE HOWARD GOES
Travel photography and storytelling by Howard Cheng
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Japan’s Struggle with Tourists’ Bad Behaviour
Recently, Japan tourism has hit international headlines with rather controversial stories. On 8 March 2024, The Guardian reported that Kyoto would be banning tourists from parts of the city due to the bad behaviour of tourists affecting locals. On 30 April 2024, The Mainichi reported that Fujikawaguchiko had started work to construct large black screens…
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Brief Reflections on the Sky at Night
I have always had a fascination with the night sky since I was a child, and I always enjoyed re-reading the mythical stories of the fabled heroes who have constellations and cosmic bodies named after them – Perseus the demigod and Andromeda his wife (a constellation and a galaxy respectively), Cassiopeia (Andromeda’s mother and a…
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T’is the Season for Hanami
春が来た桜花は開く長くない The spring has now comeCherry blossoms are bloomingBut only fleeting I usually find myself preferring the cold and dark of winter, all the more so coming up to December with the gentle glow of Christmas lights. I sometimes wonder whether I may have reverse seasonal affective disorder, where I find summer makes me tired,…
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