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  • A Weekend in Beacon

    For Labor Day weekend, I took myself off for a short vacation to the town of Beacon. Just a 1.5-hour train ride from New York City on Metro North’s Hudson Line (the…

    blog, New York, USA

  • Christmas at Casa Loma

    Since I now basically live right next door to New York, I decided to break my recent tradition of visiting the city in December and head to the Great White North instead.…

    Canada, Toronto

  • Kumamoto Castle, Under Construction

    “Please visit Kumamoto Castle,” my colleague urged when I told her we’d be driving through Kumamoto City on the way back from Nagasaki during the Golden Week holidays. The popular tourist attraction…

    Castles, Japan, Kumamoto, Kyushu, War History

  • Touring Niagara, Part 2: French Castle

    “It’s snowing!” I yelled excitedly over my shoulder, peeking through the curtains. “Oh yeah?” my sister responded with mild disinterest. You’d swear she never grew up in Johannesburg. The fluffy white stuff…

    New York, USA

  • The Nishimera Village Revival

    In the Ichifusa Mountain Range of Miyazaki, alongside the Hitotsuse River, seven picturesque hamlets are scattered across a 272 km² area filled with forests, streams, rice fields and vineyards. Collectively, they are…

    Japan, Kyushu, Miyazaki

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