East Asia Blog Round-Up : 29/4/2012

It’s been almost a month since my last Eye on East Asia Blog Round-up so without further ado, here is this week’s edition :

• Bamboo Butterfly - Rhonda tells the truth about driving a scooter in Taiwan.
• Bathhouse Ballads - Nick admires the cherry blossoms in Kyeong-ju.
• Country Fried Egg Roll - The author announces plans to publish an e-book.
• Hey From Japan - Emily’s how-to guide for viewing cherry blossoms in Japan.
• Japan Navigator - Ad hikes along the Shikoku temple route in Kyoto.
• Japanese Language Blog - Philip posts a list of 100 useful resources for learning Japanese.
• Mark’s China Blog - Mark reviews Michelle Dammon Loyalka’s book Eating Bitterness: Stories from the Front Lines of China’s Great Urban Migration.
• Nomad Steppes - The author celebrates the arrival of spring in Mongolia.
• Rory in Beijing - Rory explores the sights and sounds of Hebei Province.
• The Kunming Report - Eddie writes about a recent visit to Zunyi (遵义) in Guizhou Province.
• The Wild East - Trista’s travel guide to the Kinmen islands (金門).
• Xinjiang: Far West China - Josh writes a hiker’s guide to Xinjiang Province.
• You’re Not From Around Here, Are You? - Steve shares some tips for first-time visitors to China.

That’s all for this week. The next Eye on East Asia Blog Round-up will be on Sunday 6th May.

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Taking a Short Break

Eye on East Asia will be taking a short break so there won’t be any blog round-ups or Tasty Links for the next few weeks. I’ve got a lot of projects that need my attention at work and at home so I won’t be posting anything new on the blog until May.

In the meantime, please feel free to check out some of the awesome blogs in my blogroll or browse through the blog’s archive.

See you in a few weeks’ time.

East Asia Blog Round-Up : 1/4/2012

Here is this week’s Eye on East Asia Blog Round-up :

• A Curmudgeon Abroad - The author has a family day out in Lugang (鹿港).
• Asia Pundits - Ben visits Yangshuo (阳朔) in Guangxi Province.
• Aussie on the Izu - Sarah makes a list of five fun things to see and do in and around Shizuoka.
• Bathhouse Ballads - Nick visits the Naganeupseong Folk Village (낙안읍성) in Suncheon.
• Chinaful - Courtney shares her thoughts on the benefits of quick-start language learning.
• Dale’s Korean Temple Adventures - Dale explores Geukrakam Hermitage (극락암) in Yangsan.
• East Asia Student - Hugh explains why he decided to study Chinese.
• Interactive Expat - Myra talks about pregnancy and childbirth in China.
• Into the Middle Kingdom - The author treks through a remote valley in Shangri-La County.
• Japan & Korea: Life, Language & Religion - Doug posts a how-to guide to recycling in Japan.
• Japanese Level Up - Adshap wonders if it’s bad to learn Japanese solely for the manga and anime.
• Japanese Odds & Ends - Editorial!Cat talks about the origins and readings of kanji.
• Kamigata Rakugo & Me - Matt bids farewell to Japan as he prepares to move to the USA.
• Khogjmiin Duureg - Lauren explains how travel has changed her view of Mongolia.
• Look Out, Knock Head - Mike talks about how he fell in love with the Chinese language.
• Mountain Phoenix Over Tibet - The author talks about Tibetan baby names.
• My Kafkaesque Life - The author writes about his experience of working for a Taiwanese IT company.
• Seoul Sub-Urban - Charlie and Liz visit the Seodaemun Prison History Hall (서대문형무소역사관).
• The Only Blonde in Osaka - The author writes about the differences between Osaka and Tokyo.
• The Taiwan Adventure Blog - Chris talks about the challenges of living with a disability in Taiwan.
• Travel Japan - The author visits the Atsuta Shrine (熱田神宮) in Nagoya.
• TravelWire Asia - Chris lists 10 mistakes to avoid if you’ve recently moved to South Korea.

That’s all for this week. The next edition will be posted on Sunday 8th April 2012.

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