My Driving-Vacation to Japan Part 2

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Needing more space and Zen

My weekday life was filled with meeting with many people in black suits, packed subway trips, and crossing intersections in a sea of people. One of the positives of being in the crowded and electrifying place like Tokyo was the fact that I could sense the buzzing of people’s energy around me. There were so many things to do after work. Different neighborhoods have different characteristics and offer a wide variety of nightlife activities.


World clothing designers come to Shibuya and Harajuku to search for inspirations by watching how the teenagers dress and try to outdo their peers in fashion creativities every night of the week. The thirty something crowd dressed for success congregate in Roppongi Hills high end luxury district. The bright and colorful neon sign lit up the Shinjuku neighborhood where the locals go to their favorite restaurant and karaoke bars.

After many long days of work and long nights of socializing, I started to long for something more subtle, something more Zen, and something more open. Rural Japan was perfect for my longing as the whole country is located on one of the most tectonically active regions in the world. This is where mountains grow daily and the landscapes never stay the same...@driving-vacation

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