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Hiking the Kyoto Trail: Day 5 — The End
Travel diaries: November 6th, Day 5 - Nishiyama Course - 12.8-km - the End.
Nov 12, 2024 • 
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Okinawa Diaries: En Route to Tokashiki
Travel diaries: September 6th - hello Tokashiki, it has been a while.
Sep 6, 2024 • 
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Okinawa Diaries: En Route to Tokashiki
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Snow Falling on Cedars
Letters from Japan, February 2025: winter trip to Kanazawa, Shirakawa-go and Takayama.
Feb 21 • 
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Snow Falling on Cedars
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Sakura in Bloom, Spring Still in Waiting
Letters from Japan, March 2025: A three-day sakura trip to Kyoto—and a perpetually delayed spring.
Apr 10 • 
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Sakura in Bloom, Spring Still in Waiting
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Hiking the Kyoto Trail — Departure Day
Travel diaries: November 1st, hiking the Kyoto Trail—departure day.
Nov 1, 2024 • 
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The Very Questionable Beauty of Japan
Letters from Japan, October 2024: autumn—the only season when Japan feels effortlessly beautiful.
Oct 24, 2024 • 
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The Very Questionable Beauty of Japan
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Letters from Japan: One Year Substack Anniversary
Letters from Japan, September 2024: the long-overdue introduction post.
Sep 27, 2024 • 
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Walking Shikoku (and Biking the Shimanami Kaido)
Letters from Japan, April 2025: a walk along the southern coast of Shikoku, one night in Matsuyama and biking Shimanami Kaido.
May 6 • 
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Walking Shikoku (and Biking the Shimanami Kaido)
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Tokyo: the Giant with a Big Heart
Letters from Japan, November/December 2024: daily life in Tokyo and new travel diaries series.
Dec 14, 2024 • 
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Tokyo: the Giant with a Big Heart
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Hokkaido Travel Diaries: Impossibly Blue—and Icy—Skies of Hokkaido
Hokkaido Travel Diaries: announcement of the new series and look back at 2024.
Dec 29, 2024 • 
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Hokkaido Travel Diaries: Impossibly Blue—and Icy—Skies of Hokkaido
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Taking the Long Road: Pilgrimage Routes of Japan
Letters from Japan, April 2024: a trip to Australia, and the pilgrimage routes of Japan.
Apr 26, 2024 • 
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Taking the Long Road: Pilgrimage Routes of Japan
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The Rainy Season Edition: Japan Travel Recap
Letters from Japan, May 2025: Japan destination recap, cities, islands, hikes and seasons.
Jun 8 • 
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