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March 28, 2026
Springtime is finally rearing it's beautiful face (despite the occassional chilly breeze) and the cherry blossoms in the front yard have fully bloomed in all their pink, pretty glory. It was at this time two years ago that I took my very first trip to Japan and those homegrown sakura were something of a signal I think. That is also when I kicked off DaiBouKevin, a blog dedicated to my journey and chronicling almost every day of my two week trip. I continued it last year as well, leaving at the same time going to some new places, although I kinda sorta stopped in the middle of the trip for a few reasons:
One, pure exhaustion. I never really took a day where I just relaxed and winged it like I did in Nara so my steps were all over the place and my feet were killing me even after enjoying some nice long soaks in the hotel onsens and every day I would come just not feeling like making an entry, and even if I did it would be cumbersome to work with because--
Two, I had set up that site as a free WordPress blog so there were only so many photos I could post in it's entierty which made me have to scramble for a few alternatives in trying to find places to host my images. I had an alternate Twitter account for that sort of thing but hotlinking those pictures proved to be more cumbersome than helpful.
That was before I formally (re)lauched this personal site of mine, ergo now with all my future travel adventures, I can keep them nice and documented here withouth having to worry about similar limitations and I've got much, MUCH more freedom in how I present my entries. Which brings me to the next reveal since were on the topic...
I will officially be making my third trip to Japan come late September! That is to say DaiBouKevin will pick up again this fall!
I've already got the hard part out of the way, which was acutally plunkering down for the flight. Stay tuned for more details to come!
--Kevin
Current Book: Confronting the Presidents; Bill O'Reily, Martin Dugard
Current Game: Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves; PC/Xbox
Current Food: Pork Buns