Last year I made three concrete resolutions. Finish another book. (DONE: Singular.) Take a photo every day. (DONE: 365 Project) Study Japanese and Chinese. (Epic Fail. Within about two weeks.) Two for three!… Read More
Monday (August 24th) rolled around and I dragged myself out of bed to check out more of Tokyo’s famous sights. I’d initially intended to visit the Studio Ghibli Museum, but turns out there’s… Read More
After a long hiatus while my former computer made the slow descent into death, I have bought myself something wonderful and shiny (read: 24″ iMac) and can now edit photos. Which means you… Read More
I set off on December 27th only slightly disconcerted, being as I wasn’t actually sure how to get to Aso. (It’s actually quite easy: take the train from Kumamoto Station on the Hohi… Read More
Warning: even more image heavy than usual. So after my Starbucks recharge (Chai Tea deliciousness… god, I wish more people liked Chai Tea in Japan… I wish they sold it in stores), I… Read More
On Christmas day, I left behind my Hanto friends to get into Kumamoto-shi. I will admit, it was very odd to not only not celebrate Christmas (which I’d done before in China–watched an… Read More
Had a variety of songs stuck in my head over this last weekend, when I visited several friends in Shimabara. The main one, however, was “We Love to Laugh,” from Mary Poppins. A… Read More
5. Take pictures on the beach(es) (preferably without ruining my camera), and at midnight on the beach Ok, so it wasn’t exactly midnight but close enough. And I didn’t ruin the camera. Did… Read More
