KNM Blog

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...

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 Kabukicho, but...

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 well. I'll spare...

I've been asked by a couple people to repeat my "travelogue", like previous trips. I can do that. But it's probably not going to be as interesting. Last time, there was the DXK festival happening. I was running from training, to event, to training pretty much...

Tokyo - and…..I'm back - 03/31/2018 Before leaving for breakfast yesterday, I was sitting in my apartment drinking coffee when we had a bit of an earthquake. Having experienced this a couple times, I didn't think it was much of a jolt, but turns out it was a 5.0...

Tokyo - Day 12 Addendum - 03/29/2018 Dinner was awesome, as always. There seems to be an advantage to being a regular customer who knows to ignore the little girl trying to steer foreign customers away from the prime seats. Over time, my cuts of fish seem to have...

Tokyo - Days 11 & 12 - 03/29/2018 While training ended on Tuesday, there is no reason not to have a good time - with Rope - while in Tokyo. Last evening, myself, Sensei, Dakota, and another student and his partner all met at one of the kink clubs last night for...

Tokyo - Days 9 & 10 - 03/27/2018 Tuesday evening - and the end of my 10th full day in Tokyo. Yesterday was my last day of training. But with Sukura now in full-bloom, I did take some time in the morning to revisit Shinjuku Gyoen. Being a work-day, I was pretty...

Tokyo - Day 8 - 03/25/2018 Training is quickly drawing to an end. And it makes me a little sad - because I have made tremendous progress during my time here. I'd love to find a way to stay another month and keep this roll going. But, one more session tomorrow, and I...

Day 7 - 03/24/2018 Actually, it is now the morning of Day 8 - Sunday in Japan. The Sun is shining, and it will be in the mid-60's today. Again, I've never been in Japan during the Spring. And I have to say that I am liking it very much. Saturday was pretty much a...