Dat Lyfe Down in the Grind Mount Fuji! The day had finally come; I was going to climb Mt Fuji. I was climbing with a friend and we had both had a fitful sleep in a large katami matted room designed to hold about 40 hikers. Thank god there were only a handful sharing the room …
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After my short stint in the Nagoya region I made my way north to Fuji city. Fuji city is a small city near Mt. Fuji, of course, and it was there that I went to meet an old friend of mine. I had been in Fuji back in 2006 for …
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My yearly pilgrimage to Japan is over for another year. I am sad and glad at the same time to be back in Shanghai. I’m happy that I got to have a brief eleven day dose of civilization and sad that I had to leave it behind. At the same …
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