It’s been a year since I’ve last posted anything to the News and two and a half years since my last trip to Japan. Time has been flying by the past two plus years—full of work and less time for personal things. The upside is that I’ve had two years to be thinking about where I want to explore next in Japan. I’ve got my list and am hoping to check off a few new spot later this Fall. I found this amazing Nebuta mask in the window of a little bar tucked away in the back streets of Aomori. Looking forward to wandering around Japan again soon.

After a few months of work the Store is finally back open.

The drawing above is the cover illustration I contributed to the Earth issue of Tiny Atlas Quarterly. The issue showcases different photo essays of various places around the world. So I choose to illustrate my favorite natural wonder on Earth—Mount Fuji. Check it out here.

This is a photo from my trip last Spring to Hirosaki Castle. I’d been wanting to go see the cherry blossoms there for a few years after learning the castle is one of the best hanami places in Japan with it’s 2,500 plus cherry trees surrounding the castle. I couldn’t have gotten any luckier. I was so lucky to be there right at full bloom. Then two days later more than half of it was all gone from rain and wind. It was such an amazing thing to see. Spring time in Japan is magical—pink trees everywhere!