On the Wallaby 2022

Moving on from our last post, we travelled NE on the main island Honshu. In the comments the person who contributes the the most is called anonymous. We both would love to know who the comments are from. If you could sign off with your name that would be great. Our travels so far To get in the mood for Jane’s course in mokuhanga (wood cut print making) we visited Echizen a historic paper making town. And Jane spent an hour or so and with guidance from an young artisan paper maker at Udatsu Paper mill made a couple of big fine but textured white sheets of paper, Washi. This paper will great for printing on back on KI. The fibre was Mulberry bark, hemp and Mitsumata. A very time consuming process to prepare the fibre (done earlier) but to watch the thin soup of fibres wash across the deckle mold and produce a sheet of paper was intriguing to say the least. It's definitely trickier then it looks. Paper making at Udatsu, Echizen After Echizen we encountered an amazing tunnel and flyove...

  Carrot the campervan, home for six weeks So we are now 2 weeks into a 6 week tour of Japan in our rental camper with the catchy name “Carrot”. We saw a similar one called “Radish” the other day! It is a Nissan Caravan with a 2.4l litre petrol engine and automatic. Not brand new but lovely to drive. It comes with a fridge, small stove, sink and water supply and a seat arrangement that drops down to a good double with still a bit of changing room. Fully equipped with bedding and kitchen stuff. Value at 100 AUD per day. We rented from Japan Campers and chose their “Budget Big Camper.”. Carrot was the result. Driving in Japan is so easy. Our rental came with an iPad and 1GB data per day. With Ms Google and Janesan navigating we have had very few wrong turns. And if wrong the polite Japanese drivers accommodate us. Speeds are mainly 40 or 50 OR 30 kmh and no hassle from behind. There are traffic lights everywhere, even small country towns, and always a dedicated turn right lane. Funny...