Tuesday, 12 July 2019 And just like that, more than a year has past since my last post. The title of that post was aptly named The Pursuit, and what a pursuit it has been. Having returned to Japan twice during this time, we are currently residing in Cape Town, South Africa, more specifically Sea … Read More
Sunday, 01 January 2017. It’s been a while. Since my last blog entry, I went back to Japan again, during late November and early December, and spent a most wonderful 3 weeks in Tokyo and Beppu. Throughout the time leading up to that trip, I had been constantly busy, either with work or with travelling … Read More
Saturday, 10 September 2016. How do you go back to your normal way of life, your everyday and ordinary, after having had an adventure that is completely out of the ordinary, such as I had in Hong Kong, Thailand, and Japan? I know that many people have had the experience of travelling to another country, especially … Read More
Wednesday, 22 June 2016. Three days into my hike along the Nakasendo Way, from Kyoto to Tokyo, by way of the Shiga, Gifu, Nagano, and Saitama prefectures, the journey ended. The reasons for this sudden ending of my trek was manifold, with various factors all aiding in the decision to change my course and travel … Read More
Sunday, 05 June 2016. Leaving Hiroshima was not easy. For one, its tragic past was an ever-present reminder of the frailty of life and the regrettable folly of man. Yet the city, as with all of the cities I have encountered in Japan, holds a festive mood and a mutual joy of coming together with … Read More
Sunday, 29 May 2016. It is a rainy Sunday morning, in Nagasaki, and I am on a bus, warm and dry, heading to Fukuoka, my final stopover on the island of Kyushu. In three days time, I will once again be back in Honshu, the biggest of the four main islands of Japan, where another … Read More
Wednesday, 11 May 2016. Back in Nara, the deer did indeed bite and also kick, which I happened to witness as a small boy was kicked to the ground as he was trying to feed a twig to a deer. I rushed over as the deer rose on its hind legs and kicked the boy … Read More
Sunday, 1 May 2016. I am currently sitting on a highway bus, heading to Nara City, in the Nara prefecture, situated next to Osaka and Kyoto. I was in Nagoya for the past three days, exploring the big city’s unique cultural treasures, following my stay in Shizuoka. Back in Shizuoka, I ended up finding the … Read More
Tuesday, 26 April 2016. I left Tokyo six days ago, heading to the first stop of my southern trek across Japan, to the mountain town of Hakone. Hakone is south of Yokohama, which is in the same prefecture, of Kanagawa, and east of Mt. Fuji, which is in the Yamanashi prefecture. It is an area … Read More
In Tokyo, you hardly are ever alone. There is always someone, ahead of you or, behind. There is always someone, walking across the street from you, or suddenly appearing out of nowhere, on a bike or from a building or a shrine. In Tokyo, you probably are never alone.