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I wanted to be a writer. Then I became one and realized I wanted to be outside. So now I write about being outside.
Living among the mountains of Matsumoto, Japan with a loving wife and three amazing kids, in a small house with a big rice cooker.
Blog
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26Take a Walk Through Okada-juku, Matsumoto’s Northern Post Town
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29Swimming in Summer, Beauty Year-Round: Susukigawa Ryokuchi Park
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32Something Old, Something New: Agetsuchi-machi at Night
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28Shinagura Castle: Ruins of the Would-Be Rulers of Matsumoto
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34Japan’s First Toll Road & The Fossils on the Far Side of the Pass
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25The Bacca Brewery: Heavenly Craft Beer in Matsumoto
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27The Kametaya Sake Brewery: More Than You Can Fit in a Bottle
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27Ishii Miso: A Tasty Matsumoto Tradition
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34A Different View of Matsumoto Castle
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29An Unusual Cherry Blossom Season at Matsumoto Castle
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34Triumph & Tragedy: Matsumoto’s ‘Higher School’
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35Matsumoto’s ‘Yaoya’: the Mom & Pop Shops of Town
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38Quiet & Multi-Cultured: The Old Agetsuchi-machi Neighborhood
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36Shioi-no-yu: A Century of Bath House History in Downtown Matsumoto
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37The Fleeting Snows of the Matsumoto Winter
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31Reasons to Watch Your Step in Matsumoto
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42Matsumoto’s City Buses: Moving Works of Art
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29A Slice of Serenity Next to the Castle: Ikegami Hyakuchiku-tei
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38In Search of Water: the Suiban-jo Castle Ruins
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38Yohashira Shrine & The Colors of the Season
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39Fab Fall Colors & Few People: Agata-no-mori 2020
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37A Dig Into Matsumoto’s Distant Past (Going on now!)
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43A Closer Look at the Ruling Clans of Matsumoto Castle
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44Yohashira Shrine Festival 2020: Signs of Life & Normalcy