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my first attempt to visit gunkanjima was in 2013. it would have been a pretty grim november visit: wet, a bit cold, overcast, and, well, altogether novembery
aso san i’ve stayed in the japanese prefecture of kumamoto, in kyushu, several times. what brings me back is the stunningly beautiful landscape around the
the kamikochi district of the northern ‘japan alps’ chūbu sangaku national park in nagano
recently … just spent a month in what should normally have been ‘rainy season’ japan. however, as most of us now recognize; climatically, there aren’t
