The gonzo diary of my 3-week trip to Japan in autumn 2008, written as I travelled across the country. In each post, I have tried to capture the atmosphere of a place and an associated concept, with complete subjectivity. (Flickr set)
Japan Trip ’08
-
1. In Transit Prologue -
2. Feeling Tokyo’s pulse -
3. A brief magical stop in Kyoto -
4. Back to Osaka, and about practicality -
5. Countryside Matsuyama specialities -
6. Hiroshima memories -
7. Tokyo, capital of the cognitive overload -
8. Glimpse of Buddhism in Koyasan -
9. As a guest near Shizuoka -
10. On eating out, including gyutan in Sendai -
11. Hakodate urbanism and fresh donburi -
12. Displaced reality in Toya -
13. Food and roleplay in Sapporo -
14. Final ode to Shibuya, the ultimate hyper-place