Izu Craile is a limited-express resort train running between Odawara Station in Kanagawa Prefecture to Izukyu-Shimoda Station, Shizuoka Prefecture. Starting point near the famous hot spring resort of Hakone. Due to this, the price is slightly higher than a normal reserved seat. 2 hours, 28 minutes.

I was only going to volunteer once in Tohoku, with kids in Fukushima for two weeks, but the people I met up there changed me, and I have traveled back and forth to the effected area over twenty times since.

Friday, May 8, 2015. Another beautiful walk in Kumamoto. I set off, armed with snacks and drinks for my epic hike in the hills of Kumamoto. You see, I was headed up to that white dome there, up at the top of that mountain. It looks pretty far, right? So, here are some pictures of the hike that was more of a walk. Explains a bit about them. The view from the top. I feel like I should have a poignant comment here about flowers growing from barre.

So what has changed, you ask. I must have been to a company health check if I am writing you this postcard. Last summer one of my favourite coworkers died very suddenly and I spent the following months wondering if the same thing was going to happen to me. I also discovered what an anxiety attack was like. Cue the company health check.

An american J- E translator in tokyo writing about exploring the city and the travails of dating in a foreign country. I know everybody on this island. Seems so happy on this island. See the light where the sky meets the sea. And no one knows how far it goes. If the wind in my sail on the sea stays behind me.