Yamanobe no michi (excerpt)

saturday morning...up early to make the rendezvous in tenri. the plan is to do a 16km walk on the yamanobe no michi, reported to be the most ancient road in japan. tomorrow we'll do another 6km's to reach asuka, the ancient capital. it's been at least ten years since i've done something as strenuous as this might be. it's also the first time since my children were born that i'll spend the night away from home. i'm a bit worried about how the three year old will behave when i'm not there to take him through his bedtime routine. i don't expect the one year old to lose any sleep over my absence.

the local train
deeper and deeper into nara
autumn green



duro jaiye