Ojiya (小千谷/おぢや) is a bit of a special city to me. Even before I lived anywhere in the same prefecture, it was […]
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This may come as a surprise to you (it will not, I’ve mentioned it too many times), but it snows a lot where I […]
Last time, we stopped our tour of Itoigawa at the coast, with fireworks, islands, piles of seafood, and the bi […]
The Japanese countryside is full of hidden gems, something that’s frustrated me since I was roughly twel […]
