Month: August 2018

Tohoku Tabi: Nebuta Matsuri (Aomori)

Tohoku Tabi: Nebuta Matsuri (Aomori)

A demon disguised as a beautiful woman, waiting to assassinate her former-prince lover under the cover of fall leaves ー a sorceress and her skeletal sidekick working together to avenge the murder of her father ー a boy with superhuman strength, raised by a mountain-witch, sumo-wrestling 

Tohoku Tabi: WWOOF in Japan

Tohoku Tabi: WWOOF in Japan

I had just graduated university in the spring of 2013 and was stuck in a rut of existential fatigue where work, love, and life felt hazy at best. Over drinks in a dark and austere pub, my friend told me she was about to head 

Tohoku Tabi: Itinerary

Tohoku Tabi: Itinerary

The itinerary that I planned for Tohoku is not a perfect and complete itinerary. It’s a fast-paced budget melange that I carefully planned to maximize saving money while accomplishing my own personal goals to: Visit every prefecture in Tohoku. Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, Aomori, Akita, and 

Tohoku Tabi: Prologue

Tohoku Tabi: Prologue

I moved to Japan in November 2014. When I first arrived here, I lived in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka which is a small city facing the Pacific Ocean and smack dab in the middle of honshu, the main island in Japan. Hamamatsu was the perfect hub for traveling