In depth recounting of my global wandering
Ainu you when? It might surprise you to learn that the term Ainu – defined as “indigenous people of Japan” – is likely more familiar to Americans who solve crossword puzzles than it is to many Japanese. Archaeological and genetic …
A few words of introduction. Midway through my research into the early geology of Japan it struck me that over all the years and entries I’ve made in this travel blog I’ve provided little, if any, information about my process …
Delay of Games. There was almost certainly a heightened level of anticipation in Tokyo and to a degree around the world when clocks ticked from 23:59:59 to 00:00:00 and 31 December 2019 became 1 January 2020. It meant the arrival …
Some of you might be wondering why the title of today’s post refers to two cities and two years but only one Olympiad. The answer is that when Tokyo hosted the Summer Games in 1964, it was the Eighteenth Summer …
Having passed through some of the heart of Honshu – Japan’s main island – including stops in Nagano, Gifu, Kanazawa, and my favorite Japanese city Kyoto, [Free image from Pixabay.] we were nearing the end of our three plus weeks …