Journal Archive
41 entries, 51 prefectures, one long road. 旅の記録
Just Someone Who Likes Hot Mocha
Day two of my rest in Niigata. I came back to life in an onsen, read for hours in Starbucks, and wrote my blog in a convenience store. I did nothing, yet it may have been the most important day so far. Today I was kind to myself.
So I'm a Writer, Then
In Niigata I went to an embroidery exhibition and got told off for trying to take a photo. My interview was postponed at the last minute, but I lost six hours to manga. I also wrote about streetlights and the moon, and included a poem.
Here Is Fine. This World Is Good Enough
Fifty-five kilometres along the coast from Niigata to Murakami. A 75-year-old cyclist amazed me, Tei-san and her husband showed me around Murakami and prayed with me, and then came a seaside sunset and hundreds of beetles. My most interesting day in Japan so far.
There Really Are Mountains Everywhere
Eighty-nine kilometres from Murakami to Tsuruoka, and into Yamagata at last. Four guys at an onsen were amazed by my tour, and that night the police questioned me at my tent, though we ended up chatting about anime and cooking.
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