Shrine Etiquette (Newly Acquired) Wash, bow, clap twice, wish. Ring the bell and offer thanks watch your worries float. We come across our first shrine en route to the...
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I didn’t find out there was an International #PillowFightDay until it was almost over. But it wasn’t too late. So I woke the kids up for some moonlight...
The Swimming Pool Blue ripples on sun distort what I once thought as I swim through air. In Kanazawa we are inspired to swim but the pool is full of contradictions. You...
Gacha City Inside brittle shell of urban gacha gacha lies Kitty city. Our kids love Japan’s gacha gacha balls. These plastic shells with tiny toys inside are available...
A dandelion clock catches my eye. I must have seen a thousand and noticed none. Until now. I stop. Look. Contemplate. How do they tell the time? Watching the dandelion...
Heavenly Cloud Fear of data loss? Seek blessing at I.T. shrine, for Godly back-up. There seems to be a shrine for everything in Japan. Pay your respects, make your...
The Cumbrian mountains sometimes look delicious enough to eat, and if you are lucky enough to find yourself in a position to touch, take and toast one, why not do it...
Riding the bus gives you time to think. Time to wonder who your fellow passengers are and where they are going. On one particular morning, on one particular 555 bus from...
Lantern Festival Light has never been so heavy, companionship never so weightless. It started with one man, with one lantern, in one fishing town, somewhere in Japanese...
Have you ever seen a Twizy whizzing around the country lanes? It’s a sight to behold. While the popularity of the electric car grows and the mainstream car manufacturers...
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Kirstie Pelling
Kirstie is the creative force and chief poet in residence of poetinmotion.org She is available for residencies, as a conference poet and wedding poet. She is also co-founder of The Family Adventure Project and a regular contributor to many online travel communities.
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