The time has come for me to move on in life and out of California. I’ve been looking for a[…]
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Category: Wanderings
Chasing the Sun Across the West
Setting out This adventure was built around seeing the #GreatAmericanEclipse of 2017. About a month before the eclipse, we decided[…]
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Japan 2017
On a work assignment as a Creative and Technical Producer on Turtle Talk, I was lucky to spend several months[…]
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Back to Tōkyō: Skytree, Sensō-ji, and Edo-Tōkyō Museum
After landing back at Tokyo Haneda Airport, I briefly met my friend (who had just dropped her mom off to[…]
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Mad Dash Across Japan Day 7: Itsukushima-jinja and Kintai-kyō
World Heritage Site: Itsukushima Shinto Shrine Miyajima (宮島) The previous afternoon, I booked another rental car online at the Hiroshima[…]
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Mad Dash Across Japan Day 6: Afternoon in Hiroshima
World Heritage Site Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park (広島平和記念公園) As soon as I arrived in Hiroshima, I dropped my bag off[…]
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Mad Dash Across Japan Day 6: Morning Visit to Himeji Castle
World Heritage Site – Himeji-jo Himeji (姫路) I woke up in yet another new city and after showering, packing my[…]
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Mad Dash Across Japan Day 5: Universal Studios Japan
Universal Studios Japan (ユニバーサル・スタジオ・ジャパン) Because I work for Walt Disney Imagineering, one of the necessary stops in Japan was Universal[…]
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Mad Dash Across Japan Day 4: Nagoya to Ōsaka
Nagoya (名古屋) The very first city I visited in Japan (way back in December 2007) was Nagoya. While I always[…]
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Mad Dash Across Japan Day 3: Back in Time
Takayama (高山市) Waking up in Takayama, we were surrounded by low hills on all sides. We had a Japanese-style buffet[…]
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