Chilly Morning, Hot Springs Echo – Okayama Resettling
Back with my darlings in Sunny Okayama… Hard to believe that I was stuck in the snow 24 hours ago
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Personal Musings
Bits of Bark, Blinds & Big Plans
Walls have been plastered, embedded with bits of charcoal, leaves, bark and other natural details, the tile is in around
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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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From Tree Trimming to Sea Slurping – A Friday Tale
Wifu just came home (from a 10 hour day of tree trimming) and then had to rush to the post
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No Peanut Butter, But Tea Will Do
I’ve got some very scant provisions as last night before I got the news, I stuffed my face with Smorgasboard
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No Buses, No Trains, Just Coffee & Baths
well, it turns out that journey home is not happening as quite as planned… snow that started falling during my
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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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Snow Bits & Ondol Bliss – Notes from Misasa
Getting chilly here in the Misasa village, down to -5 with bits of slushy snow – not the big dumps
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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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Old Suitcase, No/New Songs – Wandering Again
I’m on the road with my old time suitcase covered in stickers and my ukulele slung over my back like
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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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Misasa Memories – Baths, Bridges & Booklets
Of course I’m here for soaking in hot baths and there are two baths and an “ondol” hot room where
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Of Moss Shrines & Rattling Bells
Moss covered shrines are impossibly photogenic and charming. I’m going daily to drop a coin, ring the bell and say
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Hot baths, kohi and desking
In between soaks at 5 different baths so far, made several video diaries – three sorta long ones, one featuring
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“tea & oranges” Misasa ♨️ Sojourn, p.3
Back at my lil “café nook” from the outdoor bath – because that is what I do, I take baths,
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