Something to do with spiced kimichi it would seem.ĭuring the journey there are observations about everything a good traveller should attempt to see and experience, taking everything with a pinch of salt, seeing the funny in the obscure and the obscure in the everyday. Or in one memorable paragraph, makes them sick. Like any journey, this is an account of really getting underneath Japan’s skin and finding what makes its people tick. Even the cities smokestacks, painted in stripes like candy canes, emerged from the industrial haze like sooty sweets dug out from under a sofa cushion.” Everything looked sullen and solied and worn out. What makes a man want to attempt such a challenge? A lot of alcohol might have been the start yet the wit and style of writing takes you on a journey of highs and lows – “I think I caught Niigata on a bad day. From the Southern tip Cape Sata, through Kyushu, Honshu and Hokkaido islands, to Northern extremity Cape Soya, the trail is a glorious sight. Its appearance announces the end of winter and the promise of a new beginning. Japan’s celebrated pink sakura is renowned in Japan for being the start of spring.
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