A Day At Bear Mountain

I never walked the whole way up Bear Mountain before. I had been to the top a few times when I was younger, but my parents drove us there. So today I finally made the trek. It was pretty steep at times, and my legs are killing me, but it wasn't terribly difficult. It took …

I Keep Forgetting It’s Almost Christmas

Originally posted to Patreon: December 21st, 2017 I posted all of my old posts earlier in the year, but since this was a very Christmasy one I decided to repost it now instead. Enjoy my ramblings from two years ago. In New York, I am used to seeing Christmas stuff going up before Halloween. It's …

Travel Diary: Sapporo Beer Museum and Garden

Originally posted to Patreon: February 14th, 2018 The thing Sapporo is probably most known for is their beer. Sapporo beer is incredibly popular across the world. Even I know that and I don't even drink alcohol. And despite the fact that I don't drink I knew I couldn't come to Sapporo and NOT check out …

Travel Diary: Odori Park

Originally posted to Patreon: January 29th, 2018 Odori Park is a fairly large area, stretching about 12 blocks, in Sapporo. It wasn't too far from my hostel so I decided to take a day to go up and walk around for a while. I lucked out a lot and it was a pretty warm day …

Travel Diary: Sapporo Clock Tower

Originally posted to Patreon: January 28th, 2018 On my first full day in Sapporo, I was planning on just working on my writing and planning out my time in the city. The planets must have been aligned just the right way or something because I ended up having one of the most productive days of …

Travel Diary: Wandering Odaiba

Originally posted to Patreon: January 27th, 2018 Tokyo is known for being the city of tomorrow. It's very high tech and a lot of really cool innovation comes out of Japan. I don't think any other place in Tokyo really feels like this more than Odaiba. Before I went to the Museum of Emerging Science …

Travel Diary: Shibuya Station and Tokyo Tower

Originally posted to Patreon: January 26th, 2018 One of the most important things I needed to see while I was in Tokyo was the statue of Hachi at Shibuya Station. I actually talked a bit about Hachi and one of the reasons I wanted to go in a previous blog, but really it just gives …

Travel Diary: Museum Of Emerging Science And Innovation

Originally posted to Patreon: January 19th, 2018 Odaiba is a man-made island sitting in Tokyo Bay. There are a bunch of really cool things to see there, one of which is the Museum Of Emerging Science And Innovation, also known as Miraikan. I don't know as much about science and technology as I would like, …

Travel Diary: Harajuku

Originally posted to Patreon: January 18th, 2018 It was easier than I expected to get to where I wanted to go to Harajuku. Now that I moved to a new hostel the train ride wasn't very long either. When I left the station Takashita Dori was directly in front of me. I had actually just …

Travel Diary: J-World In Ikebukuro

Originally posted to Patreon: January 10th, 2018 The last time I was in Ikebukuro I came across J-World in the Sunshine City Mall. I had never heard of this before, but in an instant, I was obsessed. It was an amusement park full of attractions based on popular Shonen Jump manga. I already had a …