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This is either the most anticipated portion of my trip to Japan or the least. I lived and worked in Toyohashi over twenty years ago as an English teacher. Now after I finally return the only person who still lives in Toyohashi, remembers me, and kept in touch is a bartender…

Having landed in Tokyo, taken a brief sojourn to Chichibu and then travelled all over Kyushu with Rascal + Thorn, I said my “goodbyes” and travelled alone by train to Nara, Japan’s oldest capital…

In March of 2026 I returned to Japan for the first time in decade. Although I landed in Tokyo and did visit other places, some famous, some not so famous, the bulk of my time this trip was spent in Kyushu…

I’ve been back from Japan for little over a week. It is a testament to jet lag and how busy we are at work that I’m just getting around to typing the first of a series of blog posts on my triumphant return to Japan after a decade…

Thankful to be going on vacation in less than 48 hours, it is a testament to how busy I’ve been that I’ve barely blogged about it and did considerably less planning than I did for my trip to Scotland two years ago…