East Asia Blog Round-Up : 19/9/2012

• American in North Korea - Joseph shares his photos of his visit to the Dongbong Co-operative Farm.
• Chengdu Living - Sascha explains why we shouldn’t believe the hype surrounding the anti-Japanese protests in China.
  
• Country Fried Egg Roll - The author lists some of the places in Shenyang that sell American and other imported groceries.
• Dale’s Korean Temple Adventures - Dale visits the colourful Eungseoksa Temple in Jinju.
• Dru’s Misadventures - Dru returns to Hiroshima.
• Fili’s World - Fili talks about the little-known Museum of Drinking Water in Taipei’s Water Park.
• Fluent Flix - Ben interviews Greg Bell, Chinese learner and author of the blog En Route to Fluency.
• Hacking Chinese - Olle lists 12 songs that are excellent for learning Chinese and expanding your horizons.
• Into the Middle Kingdom - Matthew writes about his visit to the Chiu Gompa Monastery in Western Tibet last May.
• Journey to Hong Kong - Anna revisits the charming fishing village of Tai O on Lantau Island.
• Life & Times in China - JZ talks about the highs and lows of his first week as a student in China.
• More Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan - The author seeks out onigawara “demon tiles” in Shikoku.
• My Kafkaesque Life - The author compiles a list of parks in Taipei.
• Oh Happy Dae - Janelle explores the Hongdae Free Market.
• Rurousha - The author talks about Japanese “fox weddings” (狐の嫁入り).
• Shu Flies - Catherine celebrates the 5th anniversary of her move to Taiwan and writes about the 10 things she’s learnt in that time.
• Sinoglot - Randy writes about Zhu Haijuan, a native Mongolian speaker, and what it’s like to grow up as a Mongolian speaker in Jilin Province.
• Tales From Hebei - Kelly finds that she’s increasingly unsurprised by all the ridiculous things that go on around her.
• Tea Leaf Nation - Eddie shares 15 feel-good internet stories from China.
• The Wild East - Steven lists 5 of Taiwan’s top tourist attractions.
• Tofugu - John writes about dragons in traditional Japanese culture.
• Unbrave Girl - Sally talks about the 5 things she kind of liked about Macau.
• Webs of Significance - YTSL shares some beautiful photos taken of Hakone’s Lake Ashi.
• Zooming Japan - Jasmine visits Japan’s “Cat Island”, Tashirojima (田代島).

Torii of the shrine in Hakone, at Lake Ashi
(Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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