Waiting for my train, a Shinkansen flew into the opposing platform and stopped for a while. I like how the windows create a repeating pattern, each a porthole into a different person’s journey- some sleeping, some on their phones, others just sat contemplating life. Everyone in the same place, at the same time, but for […]
The Shinkansen is Japan’s high-speed rail network, dissecting the country at 300km per hour (186 mph). Like a bullet through Japan, you can feel it approach in your stomach and the world is cast into a daze as it hurtles past. I featured it on my blog once before (The Shinkansen- Part 1) but can […]
I recently took a trip to the nearby town of Tsuwano. Unfortunately, it was a grey and drizzly day, turning a pretty little town with quaint streets and streams of golden carp into a bit of a miserable place. Tsuwano is one of many towns in Japan people refer to as a ‘little Kyoto’. Like […]
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