Japan
Kamakura — the last leg.
The jet lag is gone, but editing these photos and writing these posts tugs me right back in. I'm back home now.
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Matthew Matsuzaki
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From Greenville, SC
Japan
A Return to Nagano
It's December 28, with only a few days left in the year. I got back from Japan in early October and since
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Japan
Onomichi, luck in motion.
A note: I'm already home from Japan, and have been for the last 24 days! It's been busy and hard
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Japan
Tsuwano, a Japanese village.
A little man wearing a gentle smile, shuffling through his morning, making tea for his neighbor, sweeping the porch, seeding the bird feeder. A
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Japan
Kumamoto & Aso Kuju
I left Fukuoka in the early morning after I slipped into a little laundromat to clean my sweat-drenched clothing, and do a little
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Japan
Itoshima, Shiraito Falls, and Couple’s Rock
Leaving Fukuoka, and the city pace, was an exhale I was looking for. It was well worth the minor anxieties of renting and driving
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Japan
Wandering Fukuoka
On my second full day in Fukuoka I sat with my laptop editing photos in the cozy cafe in the downstairs of Mei Hotel,
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Japan
Tokyo Station → Fukuoka
I'm a bit behind in my writing as it's been one very full day after another, and a stack of
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Japan
Okutama & Hatonosu Canyon
Here in Japan, jetlag has me waking early. On Okutama day my eyes opened at gozen yonji gojuu ppun (4:50 a.m.), probably
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Japan
34 days in Japan
Welcome. I'm traveling through Japan for 34 days. It's my third trip, and I'm pushing into new territory
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Words
Ima wa Ima
Open open open. Touch water. Brush your teeth. Find your glasses. Pour coffee. Taste it carefully — it's hot! Hey monkey. I'
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Business
The calm of clarity: the magic of knowing WTF is happening
As a ten year old, the highlight of my year wasn't my birthday itself but the ritual that preceded it: combing through
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Words
Eclipsed by two women
We call this water oak in our front yard Atticus after the character by the same name in the book To Kill a Mockingbird.
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Words
Lost and found in Dover: Trauma, a train, and toast.
When I walk, I take a unique route each time, whether an average walk from my house with Mochi the dog, or if I&
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