It was grim, grey and gross today. It was everything I’d been warned about the Sea of Japan coast and it drained me utterly. I woke with the sunrise at […]

After a leisurely start I decided to follow the back road from the campsite. It wound its way beautifully alongside the Takatoki River until it suddenly stopped. Well, it didn’t […]

I’m back in the road after 3 days at home and I’m full of all the same feelings I had 24 days ago when I left for the first time. […]

Everyone likes to know the numbers behind the bigger picture so each week I’ll give you a little run down. Total Distance: 1414km Total money raised: $375 (thank you!) (3.75% […]

Today I went home. It’s a strange thing to do when you’re in the middle of an adventure but it was always my intention. In fact, the whole Kansai region […]

I’ve decided that gravity pulls and the wind pushes. Today the wind tried to push me back to Kyushu. From Joseph’s place it was less than 30km to Yoshi and […]

It’s not too far from Austin’s in Tokushima to Toshi’s in Akashi. I said this to myself when looking at my maps on Sunday evening. And there’re these two huge […]

After living in Japan for a while I started to wonder if I’d changed. It’s very difficult to see change in yourself and when you move to the other side […]