Time out for a trip to Japan's northernmost island, Hokkaido.
Mountains! Lakes! Singing birds! Cool breezes and open roads!
Hokkaido is not like the rest of Japan. It's more like Canada.
Well, it's like Canada would be if they put it in the wash and shrunk it a bit.
Summer happens next week, and I'm going up to take a look at it.
Okinawa Looks Like This
Peaceful: a beautiful place for a walk
自己紹介
- Chura
- Born and raised in the USA (NJ), I’ve spent most of my adult life in Japan. One of my favorite places in Japan is Okinawa. To me, Okinawa is a land of stories and an island of music, magic and mystery. The music is shima-uta, songs sung to the rhythm of a three-stringed lute called a sanshin. The magic is in the colors of land, sea and sky. The mystery? Mystery begins where the line between legend and verifiable human memories begins to blur. I am a member of the Archaeological Institute of America, chapter chief of a sanshin study society, and a founding member of the Marine Culture Research Association of Okinawa.