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A Time of Great Transition, part II: The Leaving
*you can read the play-by-play or skip to the bold where the story gets good. Leaving Japan proved to be quite an ordeal; leaving with all (or most) of my stuff, that is. Around 11pm last Monday night I sent … Continue reading
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Seoul: the Play by Play
Day 1: (September 10) The Arrival I arrived at my hostel in Hyehwa around mid-afternoon… and no one was there. I thought this was fair because I told the hostel owner I wouldn’t arrive until 5, so I just waited … Continue reading
Fuji, Part II
Where I left off in Part I my friends and I were resting at the 9th station. We were about 5.5 hours in and so almost at the end – the summit – in time for the sunrise. People who … Continue reading
Sometimes I Like to Climb Mountains (Notes from Fuji-san), Part I
From August 9-10 I climbed Mt. Fuji with 2 friends, Amber and Jim. We left the 5th Station (2305m altitude) at about 8:45pm and planned to climb to the top (3776m) to see the sunrise. The trail up the mountain … Continue reading
Adventures Outside the Prefecture: an epic in 4 parts
*The companion pictures to this story can be found here On April 20th I took a day trip to Nikko, in Tochigi prefecture. This trip was months in the making. I’d left Tokyo a number of times with visiting houseguests, … Continue reading
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Adventures Outside the Prefecture 2: Am I there yet?
*The companion pictures to this story can be found here Friday started out swimmingly. I successfully met up with a friend to borrow her camera, left the house at a semi decent day-tripping time, and even made it to the … Continue reading
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Adventures Outside the Prefecture 3: On the right track
*The companion pictures to this story can be found here I got off the train at the correct station and started wandering around a bit. An intercom announcement seemed to say that a train to Nikko was arriving on track … Continue reading
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Adventures Outside the Prefecture 4: The treasure hunt
*The companion pictures to this story can be found here After crossing the street I finally reached the treasures. I was welcomed by an engraved rock announcing the presence of World Heritage listed shrines and temples. Now, the day before … Continue reading
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Adventures Outside the Prefecture: Epilogue
*The companion pictures to this story can be found here The successful dinner put me in a good mood, and it carried me down the rest of the hill and into the train station. I successfully got on the train … Continue reading
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Dancecapades, Part III; or And Then There Were Two
When I came down from the bar the Rock Factory became an entirely different place. Now everybody was dancing – my friends, the other people in the bar, and the band! The dj put on more dance music, and everyone … Continue reading
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