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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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7Take a Walk Through Okada-juku, Matsumoto’s Northern Post Town
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10Swimming in Summer, Beauty Year-Round: Susukigawa Ryokuchi Park
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12Something Old, Something New: Agetsuchi-machi at Night
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12Shinagura Castle: Ruins of the Would-Be Rulers of Matsumoto
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16Japan’s First Toll Road & The Fossils on the Far Side of the Pass
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17The Bacca Brewery: Heavenly Craft Beer in Matsumoto
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16The Kametaya Sake Brewery: More Than You Can Fit in a Bottle
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13Ishii Miso: A Tasty Matsumoto Tradition
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19A Different View of Matsumoto Castle
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15An Unusual Cherry Blossom Season at Matsumoto Castle
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19Triumph & Tragedy: Matsumoto’s ‘Higher School’
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25Matsumoto’s ‘Yaoya’: the Mom & Pop Shops of Town
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25Quiet & Multi-Cultured: The Old Agetsuchi-machi Neighborhood
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22Shioi-no-yu: A Century of Bath House History in Downtown Matsumoto
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21The Fleeting Snows of the Matsumoto Winter
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22Reasons to Watch Your Step in Matsumoto
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24Matsumoto’s City Buses: Moving Works of Art
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16A Slice of Serenity Next to the Castle: Ikegami Hyakuchiku-tei
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21In Search of Water: the Suiban-jo Castle Ruins
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27Yohashira Shrine & The Colors of the Season
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24Fab Fall Colors & Few People: Agata-no-mori 2020
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24A Dig Into Matsumoto’s Distant Past (Going on now!)
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25A Closer Look at the Ruling Clans of Matsumoto Castle
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27Yohashira Shrine Festival 2020: Signs of Life & Normalcy