The countdown says there are still 42 days to our trip. It does feel like a long way to go, and we have a ton of stuff (mostly work-related; all very mind-numbingly arduous) to accomplish. But, it is going to be (already) October at the end of this week, so. So, so, so. Think this [...]
Nagasaki photos I spent a lovely four days in the city of Nagasaki. For some reason, I managed to find myself at the Dejima Wharf every single day. I sought it out the first day when I was looking for the harbour terminal, and it was so lovely out there that when I got bored [...]
Photos from Hagi 16 November 2009, Monday 10:10, just entering Iwakuni city. Passing through, passing through. Bound for Hagi bus center, and then I shall put forth another attempt to walk to my hotel. Quite glad that I will be staying in hotels for the next three nights. Dorms are cheap (though not as cheap [...]
Am currently in Fukuoka after two days in Hagi and one in Shimonoseki. After nearly four weeks, I’m finally in Kyushu! Will be staying here for four nights and then I think I shall be off to Kumamoto, which is probably as south as I will go on this trip. No accommodation planned for the [...]
I’m ready to leave Osaka. Sorry to all the Kansai lovers out there, but I’m growing weary of the neon lights and noisy salesmen, of girls and their silent disdainful appraisals, of men and their unreadable glances, and of these busy streets that for no good reason always end up in a shopping cul-de-sac. It [...]
Hello. Today is Saturday and I’m still in Osaka, currently having just drunk two mouthfuls of fresh milk and catching up on previous days. Previous days of different places, sometimes cities, sometimes transport, sometimes minds. And recording days is an activity that is, for now, tedious and thankless. Eventually, I might revisit these records and [...]
28th October, Wednesday Feels like a Thursday as I’m writing this. Writing this from my room in Hakone. We are staying in B&B Pension for the night and both of us have our own rooms. Quite a cosy little place, despite the fact that we had to walk uphill with our bags for a heartwrenching [...]
27th October 2009, Tuesday Somehow the concept of a normal working weekday has already gotten itself a little forgotten. Today was a highly productive day. We woke at four in the morning to make our way to the Tsukiji Fish Market, and finally, during this third visit, I managed to catch some tuna auction action. [...]
26 October 2009, Monday, 100 percent chance of rain Today, we are heading to Nikko. Today, we also woke to rain and a warning about an incoming typhoon. Undeterred and probably because we were already awake, we decided to go ahead with our Nikko plans, despite having lost four other travelling companions to overcrowded trains [...]