with patience, a crush can be overcometh the golden week started that weekend. but no matter. our time in tokyo was finite. and saturday was to be the day for takaosan. still, we were completely taken aback by the size of the crowd. on route #1, the entire path […]
sakura, act 1, 2, 3 next on our to do list: search for or sakuras. from taenoyu, we moved on to hanamaki onsen in iwate. hanamaki onsen was more a hotel than a traditional ryokan. nevertheless, it was a good base from which to conduct our sakura sleuthing. […]
Cool friends, Hot baths, and Delicious sake There’s something special/sweet about meeting up with old friends in a foreign land. It’s like getting lost and then getting found. It kinda feels like we’ve gone home. We were en route to meet a group of ultra-running friends who had just […]
Into the Mountains, In Search of the Hidden Villages They are not so hidden now, being conferred UNESCO World Heritage Site status since 1995. But many hundred years ago, deep in these mountains, the residents of Shirakawa, Suganuma and Ainokura led very carefree lives. They built their Gassho […]
How To Sneak A ski Trip Into Your Holiday Everyone should ski at least once in their lifetime. Don’t laugh. People who live in temperate countries take it for granted but for some of us who live at the equator and are blessed with sunny days all year […]
