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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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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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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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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“we are not 2, we are 1” Misasa ♨️ sojourn, p.2
Carrying on with personal archeology for biographers who may never emerge, I sit (respectfully of course) at the shrine –
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“i’ve got this gift” Misasa ♨️ sojourn, p. 1
Arriving in a mountain valley village of Misasa, Tottori – holding loads of memories from a previous life – for
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Mochi Mornings, Ramen Afternoons & Wool Shirt Evenings
Today was a mochi pounding event at the preschool… I did not take snapshots as a move of discretion for
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A Good Man Down (and ambiguous mysterious musings)
Whilst tidying up beloved Kura Barn Studio, remembering to remember the passed on pal – a proprietor of an Italian bistro,
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Citrus Meditations – Marmalade in the Making
Making marmalade We have a lovely box of organic Yuzu citrus fruit (if you don’t know it, it’s very tart
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