I have been in Hiroshima today and had a relaxing day before I head back into the hills for my next farm experience. I will tell you more about what I did in Hiroshima in another post but now I have some random and probably uninteresting facts to share with you. When I last weighed… Continue reading Random facts and learning
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Sleep Pod’s and Porn
This is not an excuse to get more traffic to the website just because I put the word ‘porn’ in the title, I promise you. So I have officially had my first sleep pod experience. After heading back to Okayama yesterday I booked a cheap hotel which used the sleep pod’s. I have read about… Continue reading Sleep Pod’s and Porn
On toward Hiroshima
From Nagoya I have retraced my steps a little and started to head south, the bus from Nagoya back to Osaka was simple, you book the bus, get on and then cruise along the highway for three hours, it was very comfortable compared to the roads that I was on in Cambodia and Vietnam. I… Continue reading On toward Hiroshima
Change in the hills
I have been a bit slow to write about this but for me it’s a very significant moment in my experience here, I have finally left the comfort of the Hotani Nature Farm but not before experiencing some amazing things. The first I need to tell you about is the typhoon that passed through the… Continue reading Change in the hills
Day Out in Osaka
I had a few things to get done in Osaka while I am there and no doubt I am going to wander around a lot, but first I had to get there on my own with what limited Japanese I know. I was up and out by 09.10 and jumped on the first bus out… Continue reading Day Out in Osaka
Life on the farm – Part 2
I’ve been on the farm for about 2 weeks now and life on the farm rarely gets exciting but that does not mean that I am not liking it. After everybody that was already here had moved on to new pastures either heading back to their own country or heading to somewhere new I slowly… Continue reading Life on the farm – Part 2
How I got on a farm
One of my lovely readers dropped me an e-mail because they were unsure of how I ended up on a farm. It was always sort of in my plan. You may or may not of heard of this thing called WWOOFing? It an acronym and it stands for Willing Workers On Organic Farms, the idea… Continue reading How I got on a farm
Japanese perfection
So first of all where am I? I’m in a town called Hotani, which is slightly North West of Osaka, the nearest city being Kyotanabe. I think I mentioned that I don’t really agree with the concept of perfection, it’s never something I feel I have strived towards or taken that much notice of, in… Continue reading Japanese perfection
Farming life
Last December (2012) my life began changing rather dramatically, having left my job I took the whole of January off to get my life in order and get things together so that I could indulge myself in the journey that I am on now, a journey that has been in my head for at least… Continue reading Farming life
Route to Japan
I know what your expecting by now, yeah things have not gone too well travel wise over the last few days so you by now are expecting some drama. Well I hate to disappoint you, read on. Getting up was fine, in fact I was up early, I showered and was ready and out the… Continue reading Route to Japan