Epic Trip 2013

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Epic Trip 2013

Rickshaws and bullet trains and yakuza - oh my! Permanently filed under: when things go awry.

by Mona Nomura

Kurashiki — On my out of Kyoto was when things got weird and kept getting weirder. I missed my bullet train, hopped onto the next one - all was well. Then, things took a turn towards crazy town. Stupid me left my phone (iPhone 5s!!!!) in the bullet train — yes, that bullet train, those insane Japanese trains that transports people hundreds of miles in a few hours. Who does that? Me. I do. Anyway, there a...

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2014.

by Mona Nomura

Tokyo — I am home. I lightly vacuumed a week’s worth of dust. There is a load of laundry going. I’m looking through Facebook, Twitter and blog posts from the past week I may have missed. There are a lot of y...

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Cutting ties.

by Mona Nomura

Tokyo — I discarded 99% of my material things. Stuffed the remainder of my life in two suitcases. Boarded a one way flight from JFK to NRT. And never looked back. Until tonight. Tonight is the first time I h...

Epic Trip 2013

Mr. Driver

by Mona Nomura

Nishi ward — Mr. Driver, or 運転手さん (untenshu-san), was what he told me to call him when I inquired his name. Why? I asked. He said with a jolly smile: “I am at your service.” There was an instant rapport and we i...

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