A Kaleidoscope of Perpetual Motion: Fuchu’s Kurayami festival, Tokyo
4 May 2018. Seven hundred thousand! That’s how many people descend on the Tokyo neighbourhood of Fuchu City and the …
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Down By The Water – summer evenings by Vancouver’s Fraser River
On these long hot summer evenings Don and I like to have our dinner here:It’s a tiny rocky pebbly “beach”, …
Bright Lights, Big City – Tokyo at night
3 May 2018. I walk up the stairs and step out of the Metro into a swirling crowd. There are …
The Other Side of Travelling Without Don: new friends in China!
An article I wrote for Intrepid Travel has just been published in The Journal, by Intrepid Travel. I recently wrote …
If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom? Mt Fuji: the heart of Japan, and spring flower festivals.
27 April-5 May 2018. It’s a long journey to get to the Shibazakura Festival. I take the metro from my …
Lost in Translation
26 May-11 June 2018. Nearly seven weeks travelling solo in Japan and China. Non-stop sightseeing, long days, walking walking walking. …
Tokyo’s Temples – to Buddha in Asakusa and to shopping in Harajuku
29 April 2018. On my second day in Japan I take the subway from near my hostel in central Tokyo …
With a Little Help From a Friend; the first day in Tokyo.
28 April 2018. In Vancouver, while researching Japan, Don printed out and gave me a map of Tokyo’s metro and …
Japan: a Revelation
Of course I’ve been aware for most of my life of the obvious and iconic examples of Japanese culture: sumo, …
The Journey to Tokyo
26 April. I’m at the airport in Vancouver waiting for my flight to Tokyo. Alone. It’s been such a rollercoaster …
All Creatures Great and Small: wildlife around the world. Part 2
As I looked through my files for my favourite wildlife photos it became obvious that there would be far too …
All Creatures Great and Small: wildlife around the world. Part 1
Following on from the recent posts of my favourite photos of people, and my favourite landscape photos here are a …
Ch . . ch . . ch . . Changes: a whole new era
The last line in my previous post about my recovery from pain and hip replacement surgery was: I have no …
A Thousand Ways to Kneel and Kiss the Ground – landscapes around the world
I always have had, and still have, a great curiosity about the world. I’m fascinated by people, by different cultures …
