Tateyama-machi — The modern man thinks that everything ought to be done for the sake of something else, and never for its own sake.1 Reset the mind - Reset ones priorities. It takes much time, effort and patience to get to where we are now. A day driving, a night camping, a one hour ticket queue, a sardine-packed cablecar, a one hour bus ride, and a squeeze through crowds of tourists just to reach the starti...
Ikeda — When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That’s relativity.1 Hairy legs are not enough to keep persistent mosqu...
Tateyama — But howre you to teach something that isnt premeditated?1 Each spring We take The Trip.We: my student, his father and myself (plus a growing number of regulars).The Trip: Tateyama, marking the en...
Ikeda — You have to die a few times before you can really live.1 I struggle with Junes, I realise that now. One year ago I was lost in the routine of work-life, days felt the same, meetings covered the s...
Notes on Living Outside Cultural Norms. Reset the mind.
Notes on Living Outside Cultural Norms. An unforeseen occurrence.
Notes on Living Outside Cultural Norms. Looking over my shoulder... bears!
Notes on Living Outside Cultural Norms. Save for a sunny day.
Notes on Living Outside Cultural Norms. Markers.
Notes on Living Outside Cultural Norms. Hairy legs are not enough.
Notes on Living Outside Cultural Norms. 3 Generations, 1 Calling.
Notes on Living Outside Cultural Norms. A shift in priorities and necessities.
Notes on Living Outside Cultural Norms. Corporate etiquette & Personal hygiene.