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A-Diamond Railing
I’m convinced that railing on a ferry exists mainly because the water is so damn inviting on a hot summer day.
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Pink skies over Awaji
It was more impressive to the naked eye.
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Sunset over KIX
My patented diagonal horizon.
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Ship Rat
Kuro digging into shrimp/meat clumps hand picked from our cup ramens.
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Precarious
You never know what you may find strapped haphazardly to overloaded big rigs on the Kobe expressway. This was fairly scary, but even scarier was the truck in front of…
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Set-tripping and the Art of Parts Procurement
Mondays. I fucking hate Mondays. I am muttering this weekly mantra as I walk into a meeting with a problematic vendor yesterday morning. After greetings, bowing, and the compulsory 30…
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Korea Blocks Blog Access
Hot from the inbox: Fellow blogger, I am sending this message to the bloggers on my blogroll (and a few other folks) in the hopes that some of you will…
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Nail Factory Kana
My cousin Kana opened a nail salon behind Tenri station.
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Crane-assisted hedge trimming
Made me late for work. Grrrrr.
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Flotilla
The Awaji Armada.
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de_cbble headshank
Ridding society of guns does not rid it of violence. Man is a killer. Remember that the Japanese were not pacifists until they got nuked and occupied into submission. An…
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Gun Control in Japan
There is a very interesting article regarding gun control in Japan up at GunCite. It’s a fascinating outline including the history of guns in Japan (did you know at one…