Bashō haiku, with a view
septemberick highways and byways of Japan feature often spectacular, usually interesting, and always unique roadside service areas sometimes gift shops, […]
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Showa TeeVees (at Lake Biwa museum
Turn off yer TeeVee (put it in a museum and listen to the rain) Amongst fossilized freshwater fish, recreations of
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Scrapbook, Calligraphy and Poetry decompression
Home from the Olson O-bon Onsen Ocean journey, readjusting to “normal life” of laundry, medical appointments, schedules, unpacking and all
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Lake Biwa, Shiga-ken: Museum Dispatch
A last minute entry to Lake Biwa Museum with a cornucopia from: Plus overhead freshwater fish environments; to reconstructed elephant
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Hello & Good-bye from Noto, post earthquakes & whatnot
A very brief check in from a peninsula sticking out like a witch finger towards Siberia, with stellar nature, endless
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Grand Maizuru Field Notes to Pals
Awkwardly on Hiroshima day with the model of a Zero fighter plane and battleship (with merchandise available for purchase) behind
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Field Notes: Japanese Cemetery, Walville (WA, USA) / Jan. 2010
“such an interesting slice of Japanese Vancouver history (of which there is so much!). Reminds of a cemetery i came
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Summer Schemes and Dreams
Since the borders reopened, we’ve gratefully welcomed 35+ travelers and groups of various sizes to our beloved, underappreciated home city
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Expo-ing, Modeling & Rambling
Spontaneous riffs about trip to Expo 2025 in Osaka (yes, they still do those world expos) with all the sensory
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How to Japan, Good – let’s enjoy handy tips for exploration
So many pals coming to Japan and wow, so much to do so i made a barely legible list (onm
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“i miss folding your laundry” Misasa ♨️ Sojourn montage
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
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“letting the days go by” Misasa ♨️ Soujourn, p.7
After yet another long soak in an outdoor bath – this time with a loudmouth geezer running his mouth about
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“to walk & to listen” Misasa ♨️ Sojourn, p.6
After a long hot soak with some unexpected (and usually not-allowed) colourful characters, sitting outside with a statue commemorating the
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snow day, slow lunch – Misasa ♨️ Sojourn, p.5
In amongst my hot spring soak, on a snowy morning… well mid-day, I enjoy a lingering long lunch, talking about
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“our lady of Radium” Misasa ♨️ Sojourn, p.4
Radon, derived from radium is the central magic potion to these Hot Springs so, as such I wondered towards a
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