Mar 29, 2017 | Osaka, Photography
Hooooooly smokes, y’all. First post in eight months, that was a rather substantial lapse in activity here, eh? So where the hell have I been and what the hell have I been up to? First things first, ’cause I tend to ramble. Before I lose you in...
Jul 5, 2016 | Area Guides, Experiences, Osaka, Photography
About a ten minute bike ride from our flat is Shitennoji (四天王寺), officially the oldest, active Buddhist temple in all of Japan. Pretty darn neato! And while the temple itself seems nice, what took me there was not the grounds themselves but what happens on the 21st...
Jun 21, 2016 | Commentary, Experiences, Photography, Tokyo
TOKYO: 18 YEARS LATER 1997~2015 By no means am I “old,” though I am without question getting older. Subtle heralds of this fact make their unwelcome presence known from time to time. Things such as not being able to drink all night and be completely hangover...
Jun 16, 2016 | Photography, Sendai
On one of Sendai’s many hillsides, there’s a very pleasant temple by the name of Rinno-ji. Mary and I wandered up there last autumn and loved the quiet stroll up the bamboo-lined steps as well as the gardens on the temple grounds. Straight off the...
May 26, 2016 | Photography, Sendai
One of these days, I’ll run out of Sendai photos. But today is not that day. :/
May 20, 2016 | Photography, Sendai
What a weird, busy week. Every day I thought it would be the day to get that “big” post I’ve been working on done and up, but every time the day had evaporated before I knew it. Where is all the time going? Anyway, I’ll be damned if I’m...
