Rice Field #1 Today, I explored part of the plain that bisects Sado Island (an island in the Sea of Japan, off northern Honshu, Japan). Walking on level ground gave my knees a rest after walking up a mountain the previous day. Beyond wanting to be in the countryside, I didn’t have a specific plan.…… Continue reading Plain Views of Sado Island
Category: Place
Nagano
Wednesday evening: After taking a hydrofoil and 2 bullet trains, now in Nagano for 2 nights, surrounded by mountains.
Bisecting Sado Island
Wednesday, explored part of the plain that bisects Sado Island.
Snow Line
Tuesday, Sado Island. 360 degree views, 20+ mile hike. Got to the snow line, but didn’t wear my jacket.
Creaky Old Inn
Monday and Tuesday nights in a creaky old traditional inn (ryokan) on Sado Island in the Sea of Japan.
Next up: Sado Island
Monday: Traveling to Sado, final “Island off Islands” I’ll stay in a ryokan and… walk.
Meeting Bashō
The moon and sun are eternal travelers. Even the years wander on. A lifetime adrift in a boat, or in old age leading a tired horse into the years, every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home. From the earliest times there have always been some who perished along the road. Still I have always been drawn by wind-blown clouds into dreams of a lifetime of wandering.
Exploring Matsuo Basho
Explored places Matsuo Basho visited 1689 traveling his “Narrow Road to the Deep North.” It’s fun figuring this out.
Destination Kanazawa
Saturday morning: a bullet train, then an express train to Kanazawa.
Kazurabashi Vine Bridge
Walked across Kazurabashi vine bridge in vertiginous Iya Valley in the interior of the island of Shikoku.