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 not going to get up at least...
Another group of random images from another random bike ride last autumn. Most of these were taken in the Hachiman area of Sendai. Check out the design on this awesome crosswalk/traffic light! These were scattered around a couple neighborhoods in town and I loved...
I'm not a big museum guy. I wish I were. I certainly enjoy learning and think it's important to see items of significance in person to help make the relevance of history come alive, but most of the time the experience is so static that it's tough for me to get into...
For the most part, every town in Japan has at least a couple quasi-official "signature foods" that they're famous for. Sometimes it's a genuine fame, such as Sendai's Gyuutan (beef tongue) or Kumamoto's Basashi (raw horse), either of which pretty much everyone I've...
The pile of photos from I've yet to post from Sendai is insane. It's not even a pile, it's a mountain, some going back as far as September, which is when the photos in today's post were taken. At some point while still living in Sendai, I had occasion, after running...
I suppose I should get around to wrapping up the remaining posts I’d intended to write while still in Sendai now that I’m back to a semi-regular posting schedule (knock on wood). While we’re certainly enjoying the living hell out of Osaka so far, I definitely miss the...
I came across this a while back and completely forgot about it until going through my phone photos recently. This is a book called "The Correct Usage of 'Bitch'" (正しいBITCHの使い方）and it may be one of the most amazing things I've ever seen. It's chock-full of, dare I say,...
Another year, another Hanami (cherry blossom viewing) season. Last year we were in Tokyo for the blossoms and had a great time at Shinjuku Gyoen Park. This year I was personally lucky enough to have two good sessions on the same weekend. Last Saturday, I headed out to...
As I've mentioned before, when I'm in a new place for any length of time, one of the first things I like to do is get up high and get oriented to the surrounding geography. Sure you can look at a map, but it's just not quite the same as eyeballing the lay of the land...