April 4th, 2026
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…
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March 29th, 2026
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…
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March 29th, 2026
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…
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March 28th, 2026
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…
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March 1st, 2026
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…
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