Category: Japan – 日本

Posts from or about Japan. I lived in Saitama and Tokyo from 2001 – 2003.

Tokyo Trip 2018

I’m at SFO airport awaiting the boarding to Japan. Getting ready to travel, especially internationally and for a long trip is always such a pain UNTIL I get to the airport. It is then I am excited. The pain part is packing, getting the house in order, locked, making sure the plants are watered and…… Continue reading Tokyo Trip 2018

Mount Fuji – Climbing from the bottom (Sengen Shrine)

At the Summit of Mount Fuji

My friends and I successfully climbed Mt. Fuji from the bottom (Sengen Shrine) on July 26th, 2017.  It was mentioned that we start from the bottom over a few bottles of wine and initially I was against it.  However, what won me over was when my friend Brandon told me that this was the historical…… Continue reading Mount Fuji – Climbing from the bottom (Sengen Shrine)

Journal Entry 9.25.2015

I returned home from Japan on Monday.  That was my longest trip in a while but it still went much too quickly.  I think I’ll go back and make some comments on my picture posts so I don’t have to recount everything here. Returning home has been strange.  The primary reason is that my family…… Continue reading Journal Entry 9.25.2015

Graves of the 47 Ronin

I visited Sengakuji after a late night and too many bottles of Shochu in Nishiogikubo.  I went drinking with a Japanese friend and it was a great experience although I do not remember much of it.  He was dressed in traditional Japanese clothing and the street he took me to was lined with small, seemingly Edo-era restaurants.…… Continue reading Graves of the 47 Ronin