Today felt a lot different than yesterday did. I awoke this morning and felt lighter, alive, and full of purpose. Clouds that had been hanging over my head for over a year had finally dissipated to reveal a bright blue sky (or rather gray but with a nice warm breeze). What could have happened to [...]
My legs stretched out in front of me, at least as far as they could in the cramped space of a JR train. A long day of wandering around Wakayama city had had left me pretty tuckered out and in order to balance the scales I had treated myself to a nice long soak in [...]
‘Amanokuchi-whatsa,’ the word stumbled out of my mouth like a handful of scrabble letters. ‘What the heck is that?’ ‘Kochidaniamadaji. It’s a temple up in the mountains past Sanzenin. Trust me Mike, you gotta go there,’ Joe assured me. I looked at him a bit incredulously, ‘Go there? How [...]
‘What kind of camera do you have again?’ Tom asked giving me a hand up. ‘A digital Rebel XT, why?’ ‘Well, the body isn’t water sealed but you should be okay, probably. Just give it a few days to dry out.’ Everyone around was staring and those closest to us were asking, daijoubu (are you [...]