HIROSHIMA - NEVER FORGET TO MOVE FORWARD
I followed the crowd departing the under-construction Hiroshima station, deciding halfway through that I no longer wished to be…
HIRAIZUMI - HISTORY, TRADITION, AND ICE CREAM
Northern Japan usually isn’t too high on people’s lists of places to visit. Even the Japanese further south don’t seem to know …
A TOKYO STORY PART II - TOO HOT FOR ARCADES
I started the day in Akihabara, where searching Google Maps for somewhere to grab a coffee brought back an unhelpful flood of…
A TOKYO STORY PART I - NO YAKUZA, NO CRY
It was 35 degrees when I arrived in Tokyo, and probably close to 100% humidity. A cloud of heat hit like a brick as I stepped…
SHODOSHIMA - JAPAN'S MEDITERRANEAN ISLAND
With close to three thousand islands, the Seto Inland Sea isn't short on destinations. Awaji Island is the largest of the…
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