Dr. John Freedman - Global Studies Scholar and Lecturer

For my BLOGS, TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY and more, please click here:

FOR MY FUTURE SCHEDULE

REGENT Mariner :   AUSTRALIA & ASIA

Sydney-to-Singapore, via Indonesia including Borneo 

For my lecture series  REFERENCE LIST, please click  HERE

VIKING ORION  - Bali to Bangkok:

For my Bali-to-Bangkok Lecture Series REFERENCE LIST, click HERE 

Oceania RIVIERA   - Spain & The Balearics

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Kyoto Restaurant Recommendations  

Sushi Lexicon & Etiquette 

My Sake Primer  

Fugu: Sushi To Die For 

Two Tokyo Sushi  Recommendations  

My Japanese Culinary Lexicon  

Contemplating Ryoan-ji  by Willard Spiegelman 

Useful Japanese Phrases

 Japan Has Never Apologized - True or False?  

 Japanese History: The 3 Great Unifiers 

 Japanese History: Notes on Pre-Modern Japan

'Japan is 80% Buddhist and 80% Shinto'  

Notes on Shinto 

For my BUDDHISM PRIMER, click HERE

For my Manila-to-Tokyo Lecture Series References, please click HERE

For my Tokyo-to-Bangkok Lecture Series References, click HERE

For my Bangkok-to-Abu Dhabi Lecture Series References, click HERE

Regent Seven Seas Voyager

Manila to Abu Dhabi

For my BUDDHISM PRIMER, please click HERE

For my Sydney to Colombo Reference list, please click HERE

Viking TV:  'The Glorious History of Angkor' 

To VIEW MY LECTURE: click  HERE

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For my ANGKOR PRIMER, click HERE

   MY   MOTTO :

TRAVEL  IS  THE  PASSPORT  TO  PEACE

Viking Orion - Tokyo  TO  Hong Kong

Oakmont Symposium: 'Big History' Lecture Series

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  Regent Seven Seas Navigator 

South Pacific and Australia

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Silversea Silver Moon

Sydney , Australia  to Colombo, Sri Lanka

For the Reference List for my full South Pacific lecture series,

including Polynesia, Melanesia, and the Coral Sea, please click  HERE

For the REFERENCE LIST for my lecture series, please click HERE

Some Suggestions For 'Free Time' in Kyoto 

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Viking Orion   'Bermuda Escape'

Sept 10 and Sept 17, 2021 sailings

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For my Great Exchange  handout,  please click HERE

Seabourn Ovation   

'Gems of the Leeward Islands'      December 10-21, 2021

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For my Great Exchange  handout,  please click HERE