Halfway!

There are 26 post-it notes left. Hard to believe we have been here six months already.

The time has flown by. We had big ambitions about visiting every corner of Japan but we've already had to trim those down a bit, and get a bit selective. The summer is pretty much over, and the weather will soon turn cool after months of sweating.

I share with you a rarely-seen sight: Otemachi station, completely empty. To see this, you must go to work on a national holiday.

On a journey, ailing-

My dreams roam about

Over a withered moor.

-- Basho