Subashiri Trail 5th Station Time: 9am Elevation: 2,000m Our fantastic band of hikers made it to the 5th Station around […]
Blueberry Picking — ブルーベリー狩り
Yum, yum, YUM! Despite there being a couple of blueberry farms near my house, I’d never gone before this season. […]
Rain, Rain, Go Away ☔
Seriously, go away rain. I know it’s the rainy season, but you have to stop sometime. Lots of things have […]
御朱印第48号 — 伊佐爾波神社
Goshuin number 48 is from 伊佐爾波神社 (Isaniwa Shrine). It lies at the top of a hill overlooking the Dogo Onsen […]
四国遍路第56号 — 泰山寺
The second temple we went to on the pilgrimage was #56 — 泰山寺 (Taisan-ji). Not much to say about this […]
四国遍路第55号 — 南光坊
The third temple we went to was #55, 南光坊 (Nanko-bo). We got a little confused as to A) which temple […]
わさびソフト — Wasabi Ice Cream
Yum! Just the thing to eat after a nice stroll around the farm. The stand where you buy it sells […]
Daio Wasabi Farm
One day, while trying to find something to get us out of the house, Hunter suggested we check out a […]
The Naruto Whirlpools
We told ourselves that we would hit the whirlpools if we had time on the way back; we ended up […]
四国遍路 — Temple 54 — 延命寺
The third temple I visited on the Shikoku Pilgrimage was #54, 延命寺 (Enmei-ji). Not much to say about this temple. […]
A Passport and Chopsticks 