http://www.garyjwolff.com Corporate trainer, university lecturer, and longtime Tokyo resident Gary J. Wolff provides an insightful look at Japanese culture from his American perspective, including regular photographic updates en-us Gary J. Wolff Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:07:49 GMT Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:07:49 GMT garyjwolff.com http://www.garyjwolff.com/mt-jonen-dake.html Mt. Jonen-dake was the final mountain on my list of the 25 highest mountains in Japan and the easiest and most accessible of all of Japan's highest peaks. Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:07:49 GMT http://www.garyjwolff.com/mt-jonen-hiking-schedule-elevation.html A record of my Aug. 22, 2010 Mt. Jonen-dake (常念岳) hiking schedule & elevation profile, including the percent grade of the various trail sections. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:45:21 GMT http://www.garyjwolff.com/highest-mountains-in-japan.html Listing of the highest mountains in Japan, complete with pics, videos, and descriptions where available, based on the climbing experience of Gary J. Wolff. Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:18:21 GMT http://www.garyjwolff.com/climbing-mt-fuji.html The most frequently asked questions about climbing Mt. Fuji, Japan's highest mountain and the most visited mountain in the world. Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:15:25 GMT http://www.garyjwolff.com/Gary-J.-Wolff-blog.html Gary J. Wolff's blog keeps you up-to-date with the silly stuff happening in my everyday life in Japan as well as recent additions/changes to the garyjwolff.com website. Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:52:15 GMT http://www.garyjwolff.com/report-from-mt-fuji-july-2010.html My climb took place overnight, beginning around 10 pm on July 10 and returning the next day at about 1 pm, a journey up and back of about 15 hours. Joining Sun, 29 Aug 2010 02:02:35 GMT http://www.garyjwolff.com/pacific-islands-travel.html Stories, pics, and videos of Gary J. Wolff's exotic Pacific islands travel, including Cebu, Koh Samui, Palau, Guam, Saipan, etc. Sat, 28 Aug 2010 04:15:43 GMT http://www.garyjwolff.com/langkawi-malaysia-travel.html Photos, videos, & descriptions of my July 2010 Langkawi, Malaysia travel, including the Langkawi cable car, Underwater World, a mangrove river boat cruise, and Kuah Town. Sat, 28 Aug 2010 04:11:43 GMT http://www.garyjwolff.com/im-no-fool.html I climbed Mt. Fuji because I didn't want to violate the age-old Japanese proverb & become a fool for not climbing Mt. Fuji. :-) There were 2 things I Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:08:50 GMT http://www.garyjwolff.com/mt-kasagatake.html While this mountain was basically all an uphill climb, the 1800-meter elevation gain to reach the summit of Mt. Kasagatake was more of a workout than I'd bargained for. Mon, 02 Aug 2010 04:15:17 GMT http://www.garyjwolff.com/welsh-patriotism.html In Japan, Wales is not a famous country. Actually, many of my friends don't know about Wales. So, I searched Wales on the internet. Wales' native language Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:54:42 GMT http://www.garyjwolff.com/englands-old-historical-buildings.html What comes to mind when you think of England? I think of many historical buildings in England! That's the first thing which comes to mind. The buildings Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:00:20 GMT http://www.garyjwolff.com/brazils-beautiful-nature.html When it comes to Brazil, I think of the Amazon. What do you think of Brazil? Maybe everyone has heard of the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil!!!!!! We Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:51:29 GMT http://www.garyjwolff.com/giants-causeway-in-northern-ireland.html The Giants Causeway is a place in Northern Ireland where its possible to see about 40,000 columns of basalt resulting from an ancient volcanic eruption. Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:38:04 GMT http://www.garyjwolff.com/cairns-where-tourists-go-in-australia.html Why would you travel abroad???? In my opinion, it helps me experience a different culture, see interesting places, and meet new people. Today Im going Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:30:31 GMT http://www.garyjwolff.com/hayonwye-the-secondhand-bookshops-village-in-wales.html Have you ever heard about Hay-on-Wye? Hay-on-Wye, on the English border in Mid-Wales, is the world's greatest place to find used books. In fact, it is Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:38:49 GMT http://www.garyjwolff.com/the-welsh-viewpoint-on-jobs.html There are a lot of mountains in Wales. At one time, Wales prospered as a country of coal mines. In the 19th century, Wales began to expand its financial Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:09:22 GMT http://www.garyjwolff.com/the-olympic-games-in-beijing-china.html The Beijing Olympics was held for 17 days from August 8th to August 24th in 2008. It was the 29th Summer Olympics and was held in Beijing, which is China's Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:47:11 GMT http://www.garyjwolff.com/fashion-in-italy.html When it comes to Italy, its Fashion !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There are many famous brands in Italy. For example, Gucci, D&G, Prada, Almani, and so on. I Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:53:24 GMT http://www.garyjwolff.com/englands-premier-league.html When I hear England, the first thing that comes to my mind is the football Premier League. Today the number of Japanese football players who are flourishing Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:25:12 GMT http://www.garyjwolff.com/university-of-cambridge.html It was just like Alice In Wonderland or Harry Potter's world! You had better go to the University of Cambridge someday. That is what my friend who had Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:13:40 GMT http://www.garyjwolff.com/made-in-china.html Today Im going to talk about Chinese stuff. Have you ever thought about where stuff around you comes from? How about your clothes? My jacket is from China. Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:34:55 GMT http://www.garyjwolff.com/largescale-america.html When I went to Seattle, Washington in America for first time, what I was surprised most about was the size of everything. Not only people, but the size Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:57:40 GMT http://www.garyjwolff.com/national-flag-of-northern-ireland.html The national flag of Northern Ireland has a very interesting shape. In addition to the red St. George's Cross and crown, there's a red right hand in the Wed, 21 Jul 2010 07:53:41 GMT http://www.garyjwolff.com/belfast-the-birthplace-of-many-famous-ships.html I imagined Northern Ireland to be calm and having big farms. Although Northern Ireland is a small country, the country has the largest shipyard dock in Wed, 21 Jul 2010 05:45:10 GMT http://www.garyjwolff.com/prada-was-taken-to-court-.html Prada is very famous for its high-class clothing and accessories all over the world. However, I was amazed at the following news story: Former Prada Japan Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:27:42 GMT http://www.garyjwolff.com/macau-a-china-district-with-mixed-culture.html My image of China is a powerful country, because China is the second biggest country in the world and has the largest population (1.3 billion people!) Wed, 21 Jul 2010 01:40:24 GMT http://www.garyjwolff.com/shanghais-time-bank-system-relieves-urban-peoples-isolation.html Shanghai is the most rapidly growing city in the world. But there are many problems because of rapid urbanization. One of the problems is that human relationships Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:17:51 GMT http://www.garyjwolff.com/the-most-famous-mystery-novelists.html I like mystery novels. I imagine Britain to be full of mystery. The reason is the existence of 2 famous novelists: 1) Arthur Conan Doyle, and 2) Agatha Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:06:50 GMT http://www.garyjwolff.com/wales-a-country-of-castles.html The history of Wales is a history of fights against enemy invasions from within and outside Wales. To defend against invasions, a lot of castles and forts Tue, 20 Jul 2010 06:00:53 GMT http://www.garyjwolff.com/the-most-frightening-actor-in-the-world.html Wales has an actor scaring a lot of people in the world. His name is Anthony Hopkins. He performed the part of Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Tue, 20 Jul 2010 05:36:33 GMT http://www.garyjwolff.com/new-zealand-is-a-fairytale-country-.html New Zealand is the place where my favorite movie The Lord of the Rings was filmed. The series of films is based on J.R.R. Tolkien's epic, which is renowned Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:39:49 GMT http://www.garyjwolff.com/brazilian-junior-high-school-student-becomes-councilman.html A 17-year-old boy won a municipal election in Brazil in 2004! In Brazil, anyone aged 18 or over can run for election. The boy became a candidate when his Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:26:41 GMT http://www.garyjwolff.com/british-music-in-the-1990s.html In the early 1990's British music had fallen into a state of an overabundant supply. Then bands like Oasis and Blur suddenly appeared on the music scene Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:31:07 GMT http://www.garyjwolff.com/religious-art-of-italy.html I traveled to Italy for about two weeks last summer. In Italy I felt that the church was playing the role like a museum. There are a lot of churches in Mon, 19 Jul 2010 07:54:26 GMT http://www.garyjwolff.com/the-legend-of-the-red-dragon-in-wales.html As you know, Wales is a famous country of Celtic culture. Many Celtic fairy stories remain there. One of them is the legend of the red dragon. I would Mon, 19 Jul 2010 07:36:30 GMT http://www.garyjwolff.com/a-tale-of-the-shanghai-2010-expo.html During 22-25 June, I went to Shanghai to meet my friend who lives in China as a student! So I was guided to many places in Shanghai (The Bund, Pudong, Mon, 19 Jul 2010 03:24:23 GMT http://www.garyjwolff.com/the-relationship-between-chinese-and-japanese.html I have an image of Chinese as having a bad attitude. This may be a wrong assumption, but most Japanese people have this bad image. I think there are historical Mon, 19 Jul 2010 02:58:22 GMT http://www.garyjwolff.com/my-chinese-friend.html I have a friend who was born in China. He came to Japan when we were in elementary school. We soon became friends. In fact, his grandmother is Japanese. Mon, 19 Jul 2010 02:41:11 GMT http://www.garyjwolff.com/the-terracotta-army.html There is a long history of 3000 years or more in China. A lot of cultural heritage exists along with it, too. Today I'd like to take up the Terracotta Mon, 19 Jul 2010 02:36:08 GMT http://www.garyjwolff.com/my-impression-of-chinese-food.html Two weeks ago, I went to a Chinese restaurant with my friends. At that time I ate a pidan (Century egg) for the first time. This food is a dish using a Mon, 19 Jul 2010 01:44:06 GMT http://www.garyjwolff.com/the-great-wall-a-world-heritage-site.html I visited China in May of this year, and I went to the Great Wall. It was not only beautiful, but a historic structure. However, there was much garbage Mon, 19 Jul 2010 01:33:25 GMT http://www.garyjwolff.com/cebu-philippines-travel.html My Cebu, Philippines travel was one of the most exciting things I've done recently. On the 2nd night in my hotel, the 2009 Miss Cebu beauty pageant was held there by chance. WOW! Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:10:46 GMT http://www.garyjwolff.com/what-japanese-university-students-think-about-china.html Japanese university students share their experiences, comments, & viewpoints about China. Tue, 13 Jul 2010 07:11:39 GMT http://www.garyjwolff.com/mt-suisho-dake-and-mt-washiba-dake.html Mt. Suisho-dake (水晶岳), elev. 2986 m, & Mt. Washiba-dake (鷲羽岳), elev. 2924 m, are Japan's 15th & 20th highest mountains, respectively. Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:21:40 GMT http://www.garyjwolff.com/welsh-cakes.html Today I am going to talk about traditional Welsh food. Have you ever heard of Welsh cakes?? Ive never heard of them. According to Google, Welsh cakes Sun, 11 Jul 2010 23:52:57 GMT http://www.garyjwolff.com/japan-links.html A short list of Japan links to some of the more noteworthy Japanese websites I've bookmarked thru the years while residing here. Sun, 11 Jul 2010 14:49:23 GMT http://www.garyjwolff.com/do-celtic-fairies-still-live-today.html Wales is as famous as Ireland and Scotland for Celtic culture. Many Celtic fairy stories remain there. I have a friend whose name is Yoshio. He has been Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:57:46 GMT http://www.garyjwolff.com/what-japanese-university-students-think-about-wales.html Japanese university students share their experiences, comments, & viewpoints about Wales. Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:19:29 GMT http://www.garyjwolff.com/david-beckham-famous-english-soccer-player.html Have you ever heard about David Beckham? If you've never heard about his name, let me introduce about his simple profile from now on. He is the most famous Mon, 05 Jul 2010 12:54:31 GMT