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Found this crumbling shrine in a forest, on a mountain, near Fukuoka.

Walked on a lovely beach, about an hour by train from Fukuoka. People were digging holes, foraging in the sand.

Posted Travel Gear: Hiking Pants. My efforts not to get arrested.

Riding a bullet train, Kagoshima–Fukuoka, through lots of tunnels. My inner child is being satisfied.

Followed symbols through farms, villages, woods, and by the ocean in southern Kyushu. My first-ever OLLE hike.

Posted Hiking Above Clouds. My hike today.

Today, unrelenting rain. Glad, yesterday, I went from plane to trails that included Lake Onami and Mt. Karakuni.

Posted Finding Japan.

Morning, off to Kagoshima for more hikes in Kirishima-Kinkowan National Park.

Wednesday, 10:00 p.m., on my way to a comfortable, clean, $83 hotel near Tokyo’s Haneda Airport.

At Honolulu HNL. My better half has boarded the MSP flight. 25 minutes later I board the ANA Tokyo Haneda flight.

Stepped back to old Hawaii, returned to Honoka’a for a couple nights.

Sunday lunch in a tiki bar with a nod to the observatories 14,000 feet up Mauna Kea.

Posted Insufficient Reality.

On our walk: fishponds where ancient Hawaiians raised fish.

Rusted corrugated metal shuddered as it clung on, as I balanced on rusty a’a scree. 55 mph gusts on a coastal walk.