Category: Travel
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Optimizing Tokyo Trains
Imagine this, you’re on vacation… To Japan no less! You’ve made it to Tokyo and it’s time to take your first train; you figure out tickets and step onboard. After scanning left and right, there’s a decision to be made… Where do I sit? After years of rigorous research AKA riding Tokyo trains, I have…
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Regions of Japan
Intro I’ve been wanting to organize my thoughts on this topic for a long time. Living in Japan now, I’ve learned some Japanese geography. This is an effort to solidify my understanding and formalize what I’ve learned. Feel free to comment or let me know if I’m misunderstanding anything. Islands Japan is a nation composed…
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30 Days of Postcards – November 2023
On November 30, 2023, I walked to my local post office in Tokyo, bought 30 stamps, mailed 30 postcards and hoped modern international mail would do as promised. BACKSTORY One day while browsing the vast sea of the interwebs, I stumbled across a blog post titled “Challenge-a-Day”. Unsurprisingly, it tickled me (if you’re reading this,…
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30 Days of Meditation – July 2023
In mid-June, I was cruising through my 30 Days of Vending Machines Challenge. It was great. Life felt richer. The most logical thing to seemed that I should queue up the next 30 day challenge. So, I started thinking about what to do. I knew my July would be all over the place, literally. I’d…
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30 Days of Vending Machines – June 2023
Ever wondered what happens when you add together spending a month in a hot and humid place + want to get to know the local tasty drinks + don’t want to break the bank + enjoy a balance of experiment and commitment? You could get anything! I got a tasty new 30 day challenge that…
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Prep for Leaving Boulder
It’s 5:37pm on April 19, 2023 and I’m writing my first blog post. Go me! I don’t know why I decided that now is the time to start. I can think of many reasons I should be doing other things such as: Life is wild right now. These days I wake up in my bed…
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