What an incredibly emotional day in sports. First off, Darren Clarke winning the British Open. Clarkie is a truly beloved guy on both sides of the Atlantic. A 42 year-old ten years past his prime, who lost his wife to cancer five years ago and is raising two boys on […] Read more
Here’s something very cool I wish had been around when I traveled to Japan: an animation map. Printed by the Japanese government, it’s a nicely designed double-sided color map showing anime hotspots and otaku culture in Tokyo on beyond on the front, and (even cooler) a list of anime settings […] Read more
If anyone is interested, I’ve uploaded a full album of 300+ pictures and videos from the Japan trip here. Read more
Here’s some selected video from Japan: Calico Cat Cafe Inokashira Park Ueno Park Kanmanfaguchi Gorge, Nikko Read more
As I mentioned, Blogger wouldn’t let me post a pic or video for almost a week… So here’s a few of the best from that stretch of time. Thanks for checking in. Day 7: Fuji-san, from the Shinkansen Day 8: Sakura, Inokashira Park Ghibli Museum, Mitaka Cat Cafe, Kichijoji Sakura, […] Read more
Toshogu Shrine, Nikko Tokyo wasn’t about to let me check out without a last reminder of what it’s going through, it seems. 10 minutes after I arrived at Narita I was exchanging money when I felt a little something. The clerk kept counting so I shrugged it off, but […] Read more
Last full day is Japan, and Blogger still won’t let me post a damn picture. Maybe it’s the hotel internet connection, or maybe Goog is just screwing with me. I’ll try a huge picture dump when I get home – I have some beauties, plus video. The bad news is, […] Read more
It rained today, but I can’t complain – 1 day out of 10 is pretty good. And it was kind of a misty rain, too, not a downpour. There was a lot of wind, though – which made for a snowstorm of Sakura petals. The sad part, of course, is […] Read more
Well, I dreamed of earthquakes last night – but not scary dreams. They just sort of happened but it didn’t seem to rattle me too much. Then when I woke up today things were pretty much normal in Tokyo. If I hadn’t known there was a quake there were certainly […] Read more
Pretty quiet day today. I spent much of it traveling from Hiroshima to Tokyo. I actually had the worst rail connection I’ve had in Japan – 40 minute wait for a Shinkansen that would get me to Shin-Osaka for a transfer to Tokyo. Still, that’s not the end of the […] Read more