Homeless in Tokyo

“I sit on a man’s back choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am sorry for him and wish to lighten his load by all means possible….except by getting off his back.” ―Leo Tolstoy Click above to view full gallery of images.
Rules of Hitchhiking

With the humid summer weather slowly fading into temperatures fit for humans to move around in, it’s finally approaching the time of the year when couples young and old will be taking advantage of the cheaper highway tolls and getting out on the road. Which means plenty of ride opportunities for the adventurous hitchhiker to [...]
Without a Hitch

I never start off well. Shaky & ineffectual, I felt like a thumbless leper vacillating there by the Tenjin expressway entrance with my kindergarten-level kanji scrawled across the cardboard I’d heisted some minutes before reading, “Karatsu”. There should have been a question mark. I was unsure. Naked. Just me and my cardboard cock fishing in [...]
地震ーEarthquake
It’s the Vernal Equinox and it’s raining here in Seoul. A light rainfall around a temperature of about 5 degrees Celsius is usual for the coming of spring in Seoul, even though the Cherry Blossom festival begins next week. Things are as they should be. But how close to disaster do we come with every [...]
