This is an article I wrote at the end of August 2005. It was only my old website which is no longer on-line and I am therefore reposting it. I hitchhiked from Niigata City to Matsumoto City in Nagano, and then to Tokyo and then back to Niigata in 3 days, a distance of 700 kilometers (440 miles) in 16 vehicles. Among these where 3 trucks and at least one … Continue reading →
US Army soldier Camilo Mejia’s story of refusing to return to fight for American big business in Iraq for moral reasons.
Continue reading →My old website at kt70.com~jamesjpn is no longer on line. I am therefore posting some of the articles from it to this website. On May 16, 2008 I saw two young bamboo shoots about 3 feet high growing next to my house. I knew because of their thickness they would taller than me in just a matter of days. And so I thought it would be a fun project to … Continue reading →
With another man also hitchhiking! His partner with him took the photo. Due to popular request I have complied a list of tips and lessons I learned over the past several years hitchhiking in Japan. I think the basic tip is to use common sense and have the attitude of, “where there’s a will, there’s a way.” Get to the a good intersection of the highway that has a nice … Continue reading →
Dr. John Gideon Harnett’s deliverance from pain killers which caused even more pain in the long run.
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