it’s been a long time between posts (yet again!) but let’s see how this goes.
i’m sitting in a guesthouse in Oji, Nara prefecture, Japan, on what is day 2 of what I’ve been calling my ‘end of year trip’, but is so many other things as well. it’s a journey to spend time with myself, to remind myself i can, it’s a pilgrimage of sorts to see the mizuko jiuzo and spend time with my thoughts there, it’s a reward for 3 months of intense work (albeit spending the savings i’d pegged to support me through that last semester of my phd), and it’s about having fun, smiling, and doing what makes me happy. which right now is sitting on my futon in a tatmi mat room having just had an amazing rice porridge with 5 toppings for breakfast.
this blog is mainly food related, but for the next 21 days or so i hope to entertain you with my travels (which will obviously revolve around food!). there are cooking classes, boat trips, and many more things to come. enjoy!