Moving earth brakes for no one.

The most expensive piece of plastic in my wallet.

Designers take note: this book is a treasure trove of poster inspiration.

Better luck next time.

Manga artist Shigeru Mizuki’s renditions of Japan’s legendary Yokai.

Reporting back in with progress from the J-License acquisition quest…

Lancia Delta, some rare Subarus and more…

Documenting the process of getting a MT driver’s license in Kagoshima Prefecture.

I had an opportunity to visit this family run brewery located in Tarumizu last weekend. I was given a private tour of the facility with one of my teachers who lives nearby. Originally, I was told the name was Yagi Shuzou, but apparently it changed to Yachiyoden one or two years ago. In any case, [...]

This is the first in what I expect to be an ongoing collection of snapshots. There are plenty of incredibly high-performance (and, reciprocally, incredibly low-performance) cars roaming the streets. If only their existence here wasn’t pure irony, with standard 50km/h speed limits and 100km/h max on the expressway. If you are caught at over 120km/h [...]

Two quick snaps from my cell phone camera:
Ash fall in Kanoya which looks deceptively like snow in the sodium-vapor parking light
Joyfull with yellow ash bags on the curb waiting for collection.

So, it has been a busy couple of weeks between work, weekend trips, and attempting to recover from a mysterious knee injury. All is well now, work has slowed down a bit while students take term exams and my knee is almost fully healed (just in time for this weekend’s 10K race at Sakurajima). With [...]

Back when I arrived in July, I took some time to visit Subaru’s STi Gallery in Mitaka, Tokyo. The showroom itself is pretty sparse, but you do get a first hand view of one of Subaru’s debut rally cars, the 1993 Legacy RS driven by the late, great Colin McRae in Rally New Zealand.

So, the [...]

A particularly large amount of ash flew over the Osumi peninsula this morning. The cloud followed me from Kanoya to my school in Nejime, leaving my car nicely coated in gray.

Slowly creeping over the apartment.

Looking south.

Mos Burger’s bright red a-frame roof, soon to be less bright red.
A JSDF plane flies into the thick of it. [...]