The project portfolio below includes a selection of my Japan-related articles, essays and other travel content. There’s also a brief introduction to The Pillar Festival, my recently completed novel. Seeing it through to publication is the main endeavor on my horizon. Most of my writing time currently goes toward working on the next one.
A Novel
A story of friendship, community, and clashing cultures set amid the unhinged Onbashira Festival, an ancient tradition threatened by environmental devastation in the mountains of Japan
Tokyo Journal International Magazine:
Suwa’s ancient festival in the time of COVID.
White Enso Art & Literary Journal:
An excursion to the sacred sites of Togakushi for the express purpose of getting some peace and quiet. Togakushi turned out to be a magical land—where a racket seemed to follow every turn.
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Article for the UK branch of the Japan National Tourist Organization during the COVID-19 pandemic
Essay in an anthology from New Zealand’s FineLine press about a trek up volcanic Mt. Ontake, one of Japan’s most sacred peaks
Article in Transitions Abroad about life in the hinterlands
The bioregional roots of the Onbashira Festival and its message for the times
