Apparently my Japanese accent is still good enough to fool Japanese people into thinking I know more Japanese than I…
It takes me an obscene amount of search refinements and a frustratingly long time to search for flora and fauna on…
Rain poured and wind howled all night long, shaking our single-pane window and softly rattling doors in the lounge. Despite…
Iriomote is remote, wild, and far off the beaten path. First, you fly to Ishigaki, which is an island in the…
I have assassinated the internet in our Air B&B with my download of Pokemon Moon and upload of a billion…
Osaka is mirror world Tokyo: people stand on the right side of the elevators, walk up the other side of…
Today was our last time on the shinkansen for this trip, and naturally it would be the time I screwed…
Overnight, it rained a very serious sort of Japanese rain, leaving the laundry on the balcony we thought we were…
My brain has taken a few days to reboot properly into Japanese mode. After two full days, it at least felt like…
For an excellent lesson in life’s futilities, look no further than the groundskeepers of each of Kyoto’s shrines, temples, and parks…