There is no place quite like Japan, nothing even close, in fact. I keep going back thinking I am going to gain a better understanding of the country and the people, but it's a futile quest. Need a couple of examples? This is an email from a Japanese friend:
"A few days ago in Costa Rica, many bed bugs bite me. I didn't realize when they bite, but suddenly a rush came out in my arms and legs. I didn't know how many rush. I couldn't count it. Next day I spent on the beach, but I couldn't swim because I had got my period besides there were some sharks. So if they were so hungry, they would choose me more than anyone else. And they would say 'YUM YUM'. I dont wanna die yet, so I stayed on the beach and I was just scratching my legs."
And, on the Best of Craigslist page I saw this ad. It is so perfect and bizarre it's almost beyond belief. Almost.
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Japan 2009
Pan de Pu-Pu, black sand onsen, the breast milk temple
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Japan 2007
Samba festival, torched sushi, a police encounter
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Osaka
When in Osaka, stay at the Escargot--in the worst neighborhood in Japan.
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The Yoyogi Park Scene
Introducing quite possibly the future Mrs. Kent Foster
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Photos of People That Have Picked Me Up Hitchhiking
Dangerous Japanese People!
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Shinjuku, Tokyo Light House
The last word in depressing, awful flophouses in the best part of Tokyo.
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Northern Japan Hitchhiking Story--Pages from the Journal
"How old is your daughter?"
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Traveling Nuts & Bolts
"..of the two barbers don't go to the guy with the perm. Trust me."
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Follow the foot back to kentfoster.com
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