by agoodcuppajoe | Dec 15, 2018 | Travelogue
After my lesson with Ibarako, I didn’t have a great deal of time to do much of anything before it would be time to watch blondiekatie’s lesson. Grabbed some lunch – sat and absorbed everything I had learned. Blondiekatie tied with a new model,...
by agoodcuppajoe | Dec 14, 2018 | Travelogue
It’s been a whirlwind couple of days. Any thoughts of “free” time were pretty much eliminated – but in some very good ways… Haneda is very, very quiet this evening. I left myself an appropriate amount of time – got on the trains (with my...
by agoodcuppajoe | Dec 11, 2018 | Travelogue
It’s kind of funny how every trip, the first 4 or so days just seem to go on and on. Getting so much done, and it feels like the trip will last forever. Then suddenly, the end of my time is looming…. This trip, it probably had a lot to do with the intensity of...
by agoodcuppajoe | Dec 8, 2018 | Travelogue
Wow. Quite a whirlwind trip. To say that everyone was exhausted this evening would be an understatement. No one got quite enough sleep after being out until nearly dawn. But was it worth it? Oh, hell yeah…. I woke up this morning with just enough time to hit a...
by agoodcuppajoe | Dec 8, 2018 | Travelogue
The adventure in this trip is centered around training. Thursday, I hardly got out at all. It was gloomy and a little rainy – and I was tired from previous days of training. I did observe K’s session that evening. And we were talking about going down to...
by agoodcuppajoe | Dec 6, 2018 | Travelogue
Good morning. Beginning of Day 5, and the weather has turned a bit cooler and wet. I’ll get out and enjoy a brisk walk in a bit. Maybe do some “touristing” today. The Hokusai museum is definitely on my list for this trip. The national Sword museum as...