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Month: February 2020

  • 2020NYinJapan Part 4: Iki

    2020NYinJapan Part 4: Iki

    That narrow corridor of water between Japan and continental Asia, the confluence of three seas — East China, Yellow, and the Sea of Japan — is called the Korea Strait. It is about 200km wide, and is bisected by the long and narrow Tsushima Island. From Tsushima, on a clear day, it is said one…

  • 2020NYinJapan Part 3: Ise

    2020NYinJapan Part 3: Ise

    In a time before time, the sibling deities Izanagi and Izanami (who were married, but that is a different tale) stood on the Floating Bridge of Heaven. They had a jewelled spear which they dipped into the ocean below. After pulling it out, the drops from the spear formed the islands we know today as…

  • 2020NYinJapan Part 2: Kyoto

    Kyoto was a short stop during this trip. We did all of our regular traditions when visiting home: met with family for our own New Year’s, went for hatsumōde at Yasaka Jinja, visited the family grave. One day I had a couple of hours alone time so I decided to take a little walking tour…

  • 2020NYinJapan Part 1: Tokyo

    2020NYinJapan Part 1: Tokyo

    We spent less than a day here, getting up early on Jan 1st — known as gantan (元旦) in Japanese. A friend who I had not seen in many years picked us up from the hotel, and we all went for hatsumōde together. My friend lives mostly in Dubai where his three kids go to…

  • 2020 New Years in Japan recap

    This year I celebrated New Year’s in Tokyo for the first time. We landed at Haneda on New Year’s Eve, stayed in the airport hotel, and over the next 10 days crossed about 2200km of the country. As I summed up on Twitter: 🏟️ 1 Olympic stadium 🚤 1 Hydrofoil ⛴️ 1 Ferry 🎂 2…