Just Keep Walking
Today I went for a walk, and just kept going. For almost four hours. Haha.
Japan
Walk
Today is Thursday and that means that Andy and I always record a GMB podcast together. Today’s theme was walking and after discussing why walking is so good for you we dove into the topic of heavy carries.
Escape From Osaka: Hiking In Minoh
Just a short train ride from the bustle and noise of downtown Osaka is a dappled, maple mountain range called Minoh. It’s the perfect get-away for me when I need to step out of the craziness of the city and recharge my batteries. I try to do this hike a couple times a month with my dog, Bree, and get a bit of shinrin-yoku “forest bathing” in. This last trip out was after a major typhoon hit the Osaka region. The forest had taken quite a beating!
As usual, we had the whole area to ourselves; no monkeys, no tourists. Those things scare me! The monkeys, I mean. 🙂
Bree and I headed up into the mountains of Minoh today for a quick bit of Shinrin-Yoku (forest bathing). Yes, that’s a thing here in Japan. I feel sqeaky-clean now.
Typhoons, Volcanoes & Earthquakes
I love hot weather but summer in Japan is crazy! If I walk outside I’m bombarded with surly gangs of cicadas intent of having the most amount of fun in the shortest amount of time – cicadas only live for 6 weeks above ground so I guess they are highly motivated.