KURASHIKI, JAPAN: I GO INTO SOLITUDE…

“I go into solitude so as not to drink out of everybody’s cistern. When I am among the many I live as the many do, and I do not think I really think. After a time it always seems as if they want to banish my self from myself and rob me of my soul.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche

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10jun14. Kurashiki, Japan.

KOBE TO KURASHIKI, JAPAN: (GREEN FIELDS, PT. 1)

One of the reasons I love trains is that you get to see parts of countries that are ordinarily missed. Images below are of another side of Japan that people rarely see. No pachinko parlors, splashy izakayas, or robots. Just green fields and humble workers:

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10jun14. Kobe to Kurashiki, Japan.