Sitemap - 2026 - Kiwi Yamabushi
Tipping in Japan: Just Let The Americans Do It
Photos from Shirataka-yama in Shirataka-machi / Yamanobe-machi / Nanyo-shi / Kaminoyama-shi
KYP (Kiwi Yamabushi Podcast): The Good, The Bad and the Lizard People of Sakata.
Why Do Japanese Cafes Refuse to Open in The Morning? Kissa. That’s why.
Lethal Weapon Five: Japanese Santa Claus and The Paddles of Destruction
Photo Essay: A Slice of Japan in Aotearoa New Zealand
Cafe Infidelity and The Eye of Sauron in Aotearoa New Zealand
When a 6,000yen Shower in Tokyo is Well Worth it
Sacred Bins, Poor Man’s Shaking, and Keeping Up Appearances: Japan-Ireland Style.
Even in Rural Japan, You Can’t Escape the Stereotype
Tohoku’s 29-Metre Middle Finger to Kyoto
How A Middle Name Almost Broke the Japanese Banking System
Why I Hid My Accent for 16 Years, and How Google Outed Me
Fooled by Japan's Weirdest Vending Machine (Twice)
Getting Nihongo Jozued: When Good Japanese Backfires
The Man Who Stole a Mountain (And Changed His Identity to Match)
The Heavenly Children of Dancing Crane Mountain: Maizuru-yama in Tendo
"Dancing Crane Mountain": Maizuru-yama in Tendo, Yamagata
Yudono-san Jinja Opening Ceremony
The Good, The Bad and the Lizard People of Sakata.
The Death of Japan's 6x Tax Loophole
A Random Walk Down Sakata St. (Photo Essay)
Why Are You Reading This? (And why am I writing it?)
Forget Foreigners: The REAL Threat to Japan Is the Sato-pocalypse
Sakata, Yamadera, Tendo, Sendai, and Matsushima last week
Daily Yamabushi Posts for March 20 to 26, 2026
The Search Takes you Back Home
The Next Japanese Book Sensation: Bring on Bunkobon
It’s Always There All Along: My Origin Story Evolves
Uketamo Talks: A Conversation With Takeharu Kato of Yamabushido
Some (Hotel?) Shots from Winter in Rural Japan For You
Highlights From the Mountains of Yamagata Over the Years
Tokyo-Level Offences: An ode to the Snow of Yamagata
The Essential Ten: A Year's Worth of Daily Yamabushi Posts in One