yes, yet another overview of traveling around Japan, possibly with links to other narratives and videos about traveling around Japan. Usual variety of tips, anecdotes, tactics and my love of minor provincial cities, goat farms, coffee, tea and jazz… Plus post offices well, you know all this by now
so, you’re coming to Japan? oh good Read Post »
Unnecessary Preamble: part 2 of a trip to Nagasaki in February 2020 – we were in pregnancy mode, visiting relatives,
Nagasaki Ramble, Feb. 2020, part 2 (baths, bombs, bevvies… more trains) Read Post »
septemberick highways and byways of Japan feature often spectacular, usually interesting, and always unique roadside service areas sometimes gift shops,
Bashō haiku, with a view Read Post »
Home from the Olson O-bon Onsen Ocean journey, readjusting to “normal life” of laundry, medical appointments, schedules, unpacking and all
Scrapbook, Calligraphy and Poetry decompression Read Post »
Turn off yer TeeVee (put it in a museum and listen to the rain) Amongst fossilized freshwater fish, recreations of
Showa TeeVees (at Lake Biwa museum) Read Post »
A last minute entry to Lake Biwa Museum with a cornucopia from: Plus overhead freshwater fish environments; to reconstructed elephant
Lake Biwa, Shiga-ken: Museum Dispatch Read Post »
A very brief check in from a peninsula sticking out like a witch finger towards Siberia, with stellar nature, endless
Hello & Good-bye from Noto, post earthquakes & whatnot Read Post »
Awkwardly on Hiroshima day with the model of a Zero fighter plane and battleship (with merchandise available for purchase) behind
Grand Maizuru Field Notes to Pals Read Post »
“such an interesting slice of Japanese Vancouver history (of which there is so much!). Reminds of a cemetery i came
Field Notes: Japanese Cemetery, Walville (WA, USA) / Jan. 2010 Read Post »
Since the borders reopened, we’ve gratefully welcomed 35+ travelers and groups of various sizes to our beloved, underappreciated home city
Summer Schemes and Dreams Read Post »
Spontaneous riffs about trip to Expo 2025 in Osaka (yes, they still do those world expos) with all the sensory
Expo-ing, Modeling & Rambling Read Post »
So many pals coming to Japan and wow, so much to do so i made a barely legible list (onm
How to Japan, Good – let’s enjoy handy tips for exploration Read Post »
A not-quite-documentary. A semi-sincere travelogue. A heartfelt dispatch from the radium-scented alleyways of Misasa, Tottori—a place I once called home
“i miss folding your laundry” Misasa ♨️ Sojourn montage Read Post »
After yet another long soak in an outdoor bath – this time with a loudmouth geezer running his mouth about
“letting the days go by” Misasa ♨️ Soujourn, p.7 Read Post »
After a long hot soak with some unexpected (and usually not-allowed) colourful characters, sitting outside with a statue commemorating the
“to walk & to listen” Misasa ♨️ Sojourn, p.6 Read Post »
