The Revenge of Tokyo Banana

Updates for December 2023

Kia ora Koutou, Tim Bunting, Kiwi Yamabushi here on the Japan you never knew you wanted to know.

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My apologies for no post in the past week. The truth is I was attending a family matter back in NZ. Everything is as good as it can be though! And I’ll be back up and running properly from this week :)

I mentioned the excessive use of plastic in Japanese souvenirs in my article below. This Tokyo Banana is actually sponsored or featured by the SDGs, the Sustainability Development Goals. Talk about irony.

I’ve actually been waiting for the chance to visit Tokyo for a while now just so I could get some Tokyo Banana. I want to make this article (my most popular, I think), into a video, but to do so I needed to be able to get footage of Tokyo Banana.

The Monstrosity that is Tokyo Banana

So I bought a few, including a special one I didn’t expect. Can you guess what it is? Japan is famous for its many varieties unavailable overseas.

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Daily Yamabushi for This Week

A Tūi bird along the track my father was hiking as he passed away. Like a messenger from heaven.

Despite no newsletter, I did keep up my daily blog posts, as I have for nearly five (!) years now!

Daily Yamabushi posts from November 18 to December 1, 2023.

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Posts from this week:

1. The Slow Burn

2. No Skin Off my Back

3. Skin in the Game

4. Low-lying Fruit

5. Getting the Right Start

6. Sometimes a Headache

7. An Eye on the Clock

And from last week:

1. Something on your mind?

2. Motivate. Inspire. Lead. (Or don’t)

3. Obsession and Sacrifice

4. Now’s Your Chance

5. Experience for the Sake of Experience

6. You Haven’t Even Started

7. The One Leaf

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Mountains of Wisdom: Tell Your Friends!

Dad sure chose a great trail though! I would love to make more of the trails of Yamagata available to English speakers. A bit like Yamagata Long Trail is doing!

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Ka kite ano.

Tim.