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The Adachi Museum of Art is famous for its collection of around 1300 contemporary Japanese paintings, including works by Taikan Yokoyama and Shiho Sakakibara. There are also ceramics by Kanjiro Kawai and Rosanjin Kitaoji, as well as wood sculpture and...
There is usually a Sacred Way or Divine Road leading to the mausoleums of China's emperors. Each emperor was known as the 'Son of Heaven'. The emperors came from heaven to earth through the Sacred Way and they would also...
Don sent Scott Cam and Nigel Ruck to Queenstown for some serious recreation! They spent a day doing the ‘Awesome Foursome’, an extreme adventure combo. It includes a high speed jetboat ride down the Shotover River, a spectacular helicopter flight...
Don visited the Bonsai Village, Omiya, Saitama Prefecture, where many of the top Japanese bonsai artists live. He felt very privileged to meet Mr Saburo Kato, the most famous bonsai artist in the village, and speak to him about his...
Don met with a group of Japanese dogs and their owners to test the Bowlingual, a dog ‘translation’ device. The Bowlingual is made up of two parts, a microphone and a console. The 8cm wide, wireless microphone is...
Burke's Backyard Overseas IrelandHelen Dillon's Garden, 45 Sandford Road, Ranelagh, Dublin.Telephone: (353) 1 4971308. Helen Dillon's book, The Flower Garden, published by Conran Octopus, available at good book shops for $24.95. For mail order enquiries contact...
Don travelled north of Tokyo to see the famous Nikko Suginamiki, or cedar avenue. Thousands of Japanese cedar trees (Cryptomeria japonica) line the 37 kilometre route from Nikko City to the Toshogu Shrine. (Toshogu Shrine is the mausoleum of Tokugawa...
While in England Don visited celebrity gardener, Kim Wilde. Kim had many top-ten chart hits in the 80s, 10 albums, more than 30 singles and a West End musical career before she began focusing on her passion...
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