Central Japan is famous for alpine vistas, secluded mountain temples, and onsen-bathing monkeys. It’s less famous, however, for the influential enclave of foreigners who have […]
Month: November 2023
GaijinPot – Hitchhiking in Japan: Sado Island and the kindness of strangers
In May, 2023, I travelled the circumference of Sado Island. Off the coast of Niigata Prefecture, Sado floated as a famed place of exile for […]
The Japan Times – The little truck that could: A fresh way to tour Japan’s north
My first ever long-form feature article. It recounts a journey in my little green kei truck, which my college flatmate and I drove from central […]