Tag: Inland Sea

The Dogs’ Logs


April 14, 2024 /

by Simon Rowe

 A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.
― FDR

 Sea kayaking isn’t an activity you hear much about, yet Japan’s coastline is made for travel-by-paddle. 

 I have lived in Hyogo for 26 years and bought my first sea kayak in 2001 — a folding Folbot Greenland II — and later added an …Read More

Glimpses of a Unique Past

February 16, 2022 /

REVIEW by Rebecca Otowa THE WIDOW, THE PRIEST AND THE OCTOPUS HUNTERBy Amy Chavex (Tuttle 2022) Available on Amazon Amy Chavez has had an unusual life in Japan. Beginning in a teaching position in Okayama, a city between Kobe and Hiroshima, she moved to an island in the nearby Japan Sea known as Shiraishi (White …Read More

Island Idyll

July 14, 2020 /

Finding an Island by Robert Weis Out on the islandsLights are turning onSea at springtime (Masaoka Shiki) The Inland Sea sparkles in the hot afternoon sun, my eyes are blinking, white skin gently burning. It truly is a romantic idea that brought me here, to the shores of a sea that is hiding its true …Read More

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