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Postcard 15: Another Fuji-sama View
My relationship with Fuji-sama is special. As I knew I would pass it on my first trip to Japan in 1998, I longed to see Japan’s sacred mountain from the Shinkansen. However, all that day haze obscured much of any view. … Continue reading
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Postcard 14: Last View of Japan 2015
Waiting to depart at the free WIFI bar at KIX. Enjoying the view of planes taking flight and letting my words fly through the ether to family and friends. Sayonara Nippon!
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Postcard 13: Saying Goodnight to Japan
From the New Osaka Hotel’s 13th floor Belle Vue restaurant the sun drops behind the smoke-blue hills. Slowly the threads of gold and orange hanging over a blue-gray world fade into ink and indigo. Like a great blanket of shibori cloth, pricks of illumination … Continue reading
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Postcard 12: Another Sign
It’s hard to argue with that. Certainly no need to explain it. Live it. That’s all.
Postcard 11: The Smallest Things
I don’t usually post live. I also don’t usually post half way into a half bottle of wine. However.
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Postcard 10: Riding and Driving the Shinkansen
This morning I took the JR Shinkansen to Nagoya and switched trains to Kinjofuto, the end of the Aonami line right, across from the SCMAGLEV and Railway Park. That has a fantastic collection of JR’s finest railway transport together … Continue reading
Postcard 9: From the Hikari Super Express 513
Just because I can! And because it’s somehow cool to fly low to the ground at more than 200 kmh. How the world has changed since I first travelled via the Shinkansen from Tokyo to Toyohashi in March of 1998. The ticket guy … Continue reading
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Postcard 8: Morning cRush
Okay, people, you’re gonna have to have to give me a break. Continue reading
Postcard 7: The Signs are Everywhere
I AM NOT WEIRD I AM A LIMITED EDITION CALL ME HANDSOME DISCOVER THE REASON OF YOUR BIRTH AND JOY OF LIFE EAT PARADISE NOW. LIFE IS LIVING YOU * Manifesto. Credo. Philosophy. Self Help. In songs, on t-shirts, temples, … Continue reading
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Post Card 6: Supermoon Sunday from SkyTree, Tokyo
I was up in the air! Literally. As high as I could get on Tokyo SkyTree’s 451.2 meter Sorakara Point along the Tembo Galleria “air walk,” a gentle slope from floors 445-450. Below, the city of Tokyo glittered and flickered.