North Jersey Wastelands

I can think of no more fitting reception upon my return to Kagoshima than a massive plume of ash from Sakurajima. Here you can see the cloud being split by the Takakuma mountain range. This was the view from my kitchen window just after the taxi dropped me off at my apartment. A deceptively gentle […]

Currently writing from an Internet Cafe in Nagoya where I will spend the night. If I get H1N1, it won’t be from any of my classrooms,  co-workers or students, but rather here in this cracked, fake leather recliner. The trip thus far: 12/25： Kagoshima to Haneda, overnight in Kawasaki at Takashi’s place. 12/26: Used camera […]

Hello! Sorry for the overwhemling gap between posts. Writing in my journal AND on this site during the trip proved to be too time consuming. I had a few drafts, but nothing worthy of a full post. I will be going back through day-by-day and recounting all of the steamy and scandalous events of the […]

Guess I’m ready!

Here is our Itinerary: May 6: Arrive at Narita, Tokyo overnight May 7: JR to Kagoshima, Kyushu overnight May 8-11: Ferry to Yakushima, explore Yakushima (!) May 11: Ferry to Kagoshima, JR to Hiroshima May 12: Hiroshima & Miyajima May 13: Hiroshima, JR to Kyoto May 13-16: Kyoto May 16: JR to Mt. Fuji, stay […]