Monthly Archives: March 2010

One of the first thing we saw in Kobe was this door to nowhere. Maybe it's an existential door?

February 11-12: Kobe, Japan

My time in Kobe proper was rather brief and limited to the hours of midnight to eight in the morning. I had a trip to Hiroshima that left at 8am, and the ship did not get in until 7am. We … Continue reading →

In the train station in Kyoto, one of the first things I noticed - and this is uniquely Japanese - was the single-person eating stalls at McDonalds. Japan is strangely isolationist in various sectors of the culture.

February 11: Kyoto, Japan

9 Mar ’10

Kyle, Eli and I all had to be in Kobe the next morning, so decided to take a near-midnight train from Kyoto to Kobe. In the meantime, we had a day to see the city of Kyoto. It was a … Continue reading →