10 Days in Nihon (日本) – Day 7

Today was a big travel day. My travel buddy and I had a desire to check out Mt. Fuji, never having seen it in the flesh. Climbing it would be a mission, and completely out of the question…the question that asked whether we had the gear, time, money, and will to hike it. Unlike most [...]

10 Days in Nihon (日本) – Day 4

The overnight bus ride from Fukuoka to Osaka was as respectable as overnight bus rides go. The Willard Express bus we were on had seats that reclined far enough to be comfortable for a dwarf to sleep; there was also a leg rest that came up. It was basically comparable to business class on old [...]