Ise-ji Day 0: Ise City
After completing the Shikoku Pilgrimage in 2016, I walked the Kohechi route of the…
Asia Book Review
Although I enjoy books, I’m a glacially slow reader and in an average year…
Autumn in Kamakura
Looking through my photo archive for 2020, there’s a big black hole from February…
Le Chien à la Fenêtre
On the road where we used to live in Tokyo, there was a nondescript…
Escaping The Megalopolis
You could say that COVID was the straw that broke the camels back, but…
A Walk Through Siena
In my final post from pre-COVID Tuscany, we visit the city of Siena for…
Morning in Lucca
Back on a frosty morning at the end of December 2019, we spend a…
Reflections on Florence
We visited Tuscany, Italy on our way back to Japan after spending Christmas 2019…
Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains
Today’s post is rather special. In my experience, it’s not often that you find…
