April 2012
3 posts
花見山
Let’s start from the top!
This is my aforementioned blue box, as viewed from the nearby park I went to this weekend to view the blooming cherry blossoms. In addition to the flower viewing, I was able to hike up into the nearby mountains. It was great to be in the mountains again. It reminded me of a great time I spent last February in the Mountains surrounding Kyoto. Anyway, by...
Homeward
I want to post pictures, but I’ve unfortunately not taken many since I’ve arrived. Weather permitting, I’ll be hitting up Kasai’s best hanami (sakura viewing) spots tomorrow, and intend to take some photo’s of that, but for the time being I’m going to have to use the ol’ rusty brain-meats to arrange words into ideas, and then take those ideas and, through...
Limbo
I’ve been back in Japan for about a month. But most of my time back feels like a disjointed dream because the majority of the month was spent in limbo preparing me for my new home: Kasai city, in Hyogo prefecture, from where I now write you.
I spent my first week back with my girlfriend and her home-stay parents Sam and Kako in Otsu city, which lies on the southern shore of the amazing lake...
March 2012
1 post
October 2010
2 posts
Ryouanji...finally
I’ve been severely slacking on this blog! Time to roll up my sleeves and make this happen!
First off, I went to an incredible temple complex called Ryouanji a couple weeks ago. It contains a very famous zen rock garden that you’ve probably seen a picture of at some point in your life, whether you know it or not. I posted a video of it in the post before this. I don’t really find...
WatchA bunch of rocks? or a microcosm of tranquility?
September 2010
3 posts
Week 1 (House 50, Daitokuji, Izumiya, Kinkakuji,...
NP: Bohren & Der Club Of Gore - Dolores, Chris Clark - Empty The Bones Of You, Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas
Tuesday: House 50, Slumber
As I’ve mentioned, my apartment complex is great. After filling out an eternity’s worth of paperwork, I moved in around noon on Tuesday. After that, Eric and I walked with Neko and Ivy, two fellow house 50-ites, down to the Ritsumeikan...
The Flight, and Day One
It’s 7:00am here. I’m sitting in my incredible apartment now, having a lovely iced coffee and trying to recollect all the events of the past two days.
The 13-and-a-half hour plane flight wasn’t nearly as grueling as I had anticipated. My biggest concern was not adjusting to the change of pressure and suffering a 13 hour earache, but that fear was quickly put to rest (though...
