I’m filled with questions when I look at a map of a place I have never visited. How do I chunk up a manageable journey through this place? How do I get there? Which areas do I visit? Where are the hiking trails? Where are the trailheads? How do I get around? How do I… Continue reading My Kagoshima: Chunking the Map
Category: Mass Transit
Bus There, Walk Back
Bus to NE edge of Minneapolis. Walked back home through a variety of neighborhoods including postindustrial Nordeast.
Dreaming of Kyushu
This winter I’ll be back in Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan’s four main islands. I will have visited Kyushu three years in a row: 2013, 2014, and 2015. I go back for the gentle subtropical climate while Minnesota’s long winter refuses to budge. Kyushu is a manageable size, about one-sixth the area of Minnesota or… Continue reading Dreaming of Kyushu
Kyushu Hikes Accessible via Transit
Started building an interactive map of hikes in Kyushu (Japan) accessed by public transport.
Car vs. Bus Freedom
Dropped car off for a service in a bland place. Rode the bus to multi-layered Minneapolis. (Behind downtown Lunds.)
Bus to Library
Rode bus to the library: I would’ve been late if I had walked. (This micro-blog celebrates little daily activities!)
Destination Kanazawa
Saturday morning: a bullet train, then an express train to Kanazawa.