Monthly Archives: October 2004

One of the benefits of getting to the airport super-early is that — at least on airlines that for inexplicable reasons don’t do pre-assigned seat selection — you get your pick of seats. In my case, following my horrible experience … Continue reading →

Japan Times, 22 October 2004, Page 2: Typhoon keeps SDF busy across nation Jiji Press: The Self-Defense Forces have been busy this year with natural disaster relief operations, with a record number of typhoons striking Japan and causing floods and … Continue reading →

Japan Times, 22 October 2004, Page 1: Cruelest typhoon in 25 years kills 62: 27 still missing amid mudslides, floods Kyodo News: Typhoon Tokage left at least 62 people dead, 27 missing and more than 300 injured as it cleared … Continue reading →

NB: If it’s been a while since you’ve been here, you’ll probably want to scroll down until you see the picture of Miyajima’s floating torii, read that, and then work your way up. I’ve back-posted about four days worth of … Continue reading →

This is a travel day and there would normally be nothing to write about (“got on the train, rode it for nine hours, got off”), so I think what I’ll do is blog the train ride at least to Shin-Osaka … Continue reading →

Japan Times, 21 October 2004: Typhoon kills 17, leaves trail of havoc Kyodo News: At least 17 people were dead Wednesday as massive Typhoon Tokage chruned north across the Japanese archipelago after hitting Kochi Prefecture. The typhoon made landfall near … Continue reading →

When I get home, and people ask me what Japan was like, I’m going to tell them that I had a blast. I’m going to tell them the country is deeply cool, once you get the hang of doing things, … Continue reading →

Yeah, I should have let Mother Nature win that one. There’s wet, there’s “caught in a typhoon,” and then there’s what happened to me today. I set out for the Peace Park and attached museum in a fairly strong rain … Continue reading →

It was raining when I left Fukuoka this morning. It rained all the way to Nagasaki. By the time I made it to Nagasaki it was pouring — Tokyo-in-a-typhoon raining, I mean. I gave up trying to find my streetcar … Continue reading →

I hauled myself out of bed — well, ok, off the floor — and my bags down to the Miyajima ferry terminal. On the JR ferry back to Miyajima-guchi I ran into Todd and Kristine from yesterday. Todd apparently thought … Continue reading →