Archive (Page 2) • Notes from a Dadbear • Buttondown

Note 0: Bartlebooth

So, Chris: Why are you doing this walk? you might ask; in response, I might say something like this… My junior year of college I was an exchange student for...

Day 6: T16-Komatsushima

One of the constraints I set myself when planning this trip was simple: no help, no tourist agents, no asking Facebook groups, and only online bookings....

Day 5: Kamiyama-T16

I’m writing this later than usual for me tonight as my informal walking buddy David asked tonight’s ryokan to serve dinner at 18h00 - I’d not met him before...

Day 4: Kamojima to just after T12

Eh, I’m going to mess with the numbering again - sorry! This was the 4th day of walking, so it’s day 4. Woke up after the first full night’s sleep since...

Day 4: T6 to Kamojima

Caution: Dramatic Communication Ahead Dear reader: I made a mistake. I thought it would be fine to switch backpacks and boots from my good, time-tested,...

Apologies for the shorthand, but I think of most days as going from place A to place B - in today’s case, temple no. 1 to temple no.6. They do have names in...

Day 2: HND-TKS, Tokushima, Bandō, T1

It’s 20 minutes before dinner here in Bandō, which is about 20 minutes from Tokushima station. It’s late (for me), I’m tired, I have a blister to attend to...

There’s a 6 hour time difference between Japan and California at the moment; I woke up in the middle of the night, took 1 mg of melatonin and some Tylenol...

Day 0: Palm Springs to Tokyo

Having spent the previous weekend at Western Xposure, I was exhausted when I went to bed the night before; I woke up too early, made tea, ate some toast...