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Mount Takao: Hiking, humidity and house abandonment

Posted on July 8, 2013 by tmstone

Awaking to the chipper, automated voice of a Japanese woman as she announced my train’s arrival at Takao Station, I sleepily looked out the nearest window to find a large stone tengu head, staring defiantly down the platform to my left. Primarily … Continue reading →

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Day one in Kyoto: sniffing out the fox god at Fushimi-Inari

Posted on May 5, 2013 by tmstone

Assuming the worst for the tail end of Japan’s busiest vacation period, Golden Week, some friends and I booked a house in downtown Kyoto where we would be staying for four days.   We acquired the house from an Osaka blues … Continue reading →

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