The post
January 2, 2012
The necessary international postal service photo for obvious reasons. Or for those less inclined to the obvious, my last name is Post. You are the most in- teresting person I know Happy birthday, mom
Category: Japan
Day one
January 1, 2012
On the first day of the year, we returned to Kouko and Shuji’s and we did once again, what we did nearly the entire time in Hanayama: sit. We sat and drank sake (another new years tradition). We sat and drank tea. We sat and chatted. We sat and laughed. We sat and pet the … More Day one
Hanayama style New Years
December 31, 2011
The temperatures of Miyagi are shockingly colder than Tokyo. Mountains. Snow on the ground. Old friends. Feels like home. We stayed in our makeshift floor bed until the late afternoon, eating, chatting and avoiding the cold that awaited us on the other side of the blankets. When we did finally leave our nest of warmth, … More Hanayama style New Years
Not so brilliant idea
December 30, 2011
A few months back, I hosted some pretty radical couchsurfers who were hitchhiking across the giant land mass that is Eurasia. After they shipped out of Korea and on to Japan, they told me that hitching in Japan is by far, the easiest country to do it in. People are friendly and honest; rarely did … More Not so brilliant idea
Tokyo subway headache
December 29, 2011
Fortunately, we had a local Tokyo friend to show us around. If not for him, I’m not sure we would have ever made it out of the Shinjuku station, which is the 2nd biggest in the world, according to the Lonely Planet Tokyo and the busiest in the world, according to Wikipedia. A ridiculously busy … More Tokyo subway headache
Tokyo
December 28, 2011
As soon as we stepped off the plane in Tokyo, I knew I was in love. Tokyo is, hands down, the coolest spot in Asia. It’s wacky. It’s busy. It’s alive. And I am not afraid to admit, Tokyo is harboring the most attractive population of men on the planet.
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