• Road Trippin’ Solo, Part 1: Kuju Flower Park

    Two years ago, I would have never considered disappearing into the countryside for 4 days by myself. Growing up in a city where danger is perceived to be lurking around every…

    May 9, 2015

  • The Horse Dance Festival

    Mark and I have been joking that I should rename my blog “Following Mark around Japan” since the last couple of posts have all been about my adventures with him.…

    April 30, 2015

  • Himuka Music Camp Festival

    Up until Saturday, my music festival experience consisted of five dusty days at Woodstock 9 in the highway town of Harrismith, Free State. So when Mark invited me to celebrate his birthday with a…

    April 28, 2015

  • Bokusui Spring Festival

    Miyazaki is definitely an underrated prefecture, and one of the more un-known, buried in the depths of Google’s search results, under all the pages dedicated to Hayao and his many castles. But the great…

    April 22, 2015

  • Searching for Sakura

    After leaving the snow in Nagano behind, and spotting hundreds of tree lilacs on the drive from Nikko to Ibaraki, John and I were starting to feel spring fever. Which…

    April 20, 2015

  • Toshogu Shrine Nikko

    More than 1 000 years ago, a Buddhist priest named Shodo Shonin crossed the Daiya River on his way to Mount Nantai and founded the first temple at Nikko. Today,…

    April 11, 2015

  • Kegon Falls

    If you’re prone to motion sickness, the road up to Kegon Falls is a challenge. Ascending 400m in just a few kilometres, it snakes around 20 hairpin bends (yes, 20!)…

    April 5, 2015

  • The Onsen-Bathing Monkeys of Yamanouchi

    Because of Japan’s high volcanic activity, thousands of hot springs are scattered throughout the country. Locally known as onsen, the mineral-rich water is believed to cure a wide range of…

    April 1, 2015

  • Zenko-ji Temple Nagano

    “Oh this isn’t so bad,” I thought as we entered the tunnel. But as we walked further and further, the air became thick with black and eventually I couldn’t even…

    March 30, 2015
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