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I wanted to be a writer. Then I became one and realized I wanted to be outside. So now I write about being outside.
Living among the mountains of Matsumoto, Japan with a loving wife and three amazing kids, in a small house with a big rice cooker.
Blog
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35Kiso-Hirasawa: Center of Japanese Lacquerware, Right Down the Nakasendo
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25Putting on a Facade: The Varied Architectural Faces of Matsumoto
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16The Yamabe Winery & Matsumoto’s Beautiful, Bucolic Wine Country
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32Well-Prepared & Fantastically Imperfect: Sankuro 2023
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20One Week Into the New Year, Matsumoto is Still Praying & Playing
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28Something Old, Something New, All of It Subdued
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19It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like (the Japanese Version of) Christmas
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24Takagi Omiyage: Cool, Quality Souvenirs at a 19th Century Shop
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20Event of Eclectic Proportions: National Treasure Matsumoto Castle Week
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21Frameworks of Former Society at the Matsumoto City Open-Air Architectural Museum
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20Revolving Display of a Transient World at the Japan Ukiyo-e Museum
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16Beer is Back! Crowds Toast the Return of Matsumoto’s Craft Beer Fest
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19Walking the Road of Matsumoto Artist Yayoi Kusama: Special Exhibition at the Matsumoto City Museum of Art
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15What I Saw in the Crowd at the Fukashi Shrine Festival
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19Haibara-jo: Matsumoto’s Largest Castle – and the First to Fall
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22From Fields to Fish: What Grows in Matsumoto
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22Asama Onsen: Fresh Bread & Far-Reaching History
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22From Downtown to Out of Town: Matsumoto’s Rock-Riddled Landscape
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15Matsumoto Morphing: Changes You May Never Notice
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21Azaleas All Over Matsumoto: An Accidental Lesson in What Not to Eat
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21Flea Market at the former Castle Gate: Just Another Day in Downtown Matsumoto
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30Matsumoto Furniture: 400 Years in the Making
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29The Asama Onsen Line: Tracking Down the Remains of Matsumoto’s Streetcar History
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355 Free Bird’s Eye Views of Matsumoto (& Millions of the Mountains!)