I had to wait to write this because I changed my plans to come home early, but wanted to surprise a few people. My last month in Japan was tumultuous. After my beekeeping stint, I went to help with a mountain lodge in a town called Nikko, about three hours north of Tokyo. I'd felt pretty funky at the beekeeper's place--I think just so much going through my head. My friend Sam said "stop thinking so much" and that was instrumental in helping me feel better. To get to Nikko fro

As the title may suggest, this post is going to talk about karate seminars in Tokyo, beekeeping in Tokushima, and some of what's been going on in the ol' noggin. It's been a month and a bit since I left Paris and came to Japan, and to be honest it's been tough. The more time passes, the more I realize Paris left me in a weird spot mentally, and I didn't really enjoy my time there. I was too focused on trying to save up money for this trip and the only way to do that in Paris