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World-Class Style

Apr 4, 2015

Posted World-class style in a small-town train station.

Hike into Clouds

Apr 4, 2015

Hiked into the clouds to the top of Yufusan, northern Kyushu. A good day.

No Hike Today

Apr 3, 2015

The rain was bouncing off the platform and I could hear thunder. I abandoned my hike and took the next train back.

Animatronic Hell

Apr 2, 2015

Posted Animatronic Hell.

Nagasaki Dutch Influences

Apr 1, 2015

Dejima, Nagasaki: tulips, representing the strong Dutch connection with Nagasaki, brighten up a rainy day.

Channeling Eva Gabor

Mar 31, 2015

Posted Channeling Eva Gabor. Karaoke and worse.

Unzen-Amakusa National Park

Mar 31, 2015

Unzen-Amakusa National Park. Every time I saw a sign pointing to a peak, I climbed the peak.

Unzen

Mar 30, 2015

Unzen: my view and room. Monks came in 701 AD to reflect on the 84,000 tortures awaiting wrongdoers in the afterlife.

Unzen

Mar 29, 2015

Today I go to the mountains of Unzen: bus from Kumamoto, ferry, then another bus.

Kumamoto Blossoms

Mar 29, 2015

Blossoms are at their peak around Kumamoto Castle.

The Joy of Bullet Trains

Mar 29, 2015

First bullet train ride on this trip. I’ve died and gone to heaven, or, Kumamoto. An official gave me some stickers.

Senganen Garden

Mar 28, 2015

Walked around Senganen Garden, Kagoshima, created 1658. It uses the bay and Sakurajima volcano as “borrowed scenery.”

Mt. Takachiho

Mar 27, 2015

Kirishima … National Park. Ridge trail, then climb (Mt. Takachiho, 5,160 ft.). Most of the trail was 2011 ash.

Mushroom Cloud

Mar 27, 2015

Pulled back the drapes this morning and saw this mushroom cloud. Sakurajima, 20 miles away, was active.

Kirishima-Kingowan National Park

Mar 26, 2015

Posted about a hike today in Kirishima-Kingowan National Park.

Kirishima Mountains

Mar 25, 2015

Now in the mountains north of Kagoshima.