(written 18:25 Friday 04 June 2021 JST)
Tomorrow I plan to go to Shibuya to offer Free Eye Gazing with people who are willing to try. I don’t know how many people I will see tomorrow, but I can certainly put the word out and connect with that many over time.
#eyegazing1000
These are maps of each segment, subject to change. For the latest info, PM me on LINE.
As part of the kickoff event, I will lead a walking meditation in Rinko Park.
Join us Friday April 16th at Rinko Park in Yokohama, (map) on the concrete circle in Rinko Park.
I will walk from my house to Yomiuriland, possibly via 百合ヶ丘駅 or just go a more direct route.
Join us Saturday April 17th in Yomiuriland
👉🏿 Let’s enjoy riding roller coasters in Yomiuriland!
👉🏿 Anyone want to try the bungee? It’s not that tall!
It will probably be dark by the time we leave Yomiuriland, so I doubt we will be able to see much near Tama River. But we’ll cross Tama River and then walk a bit to Chuokan Hotel.
For the latest updates, join our LINE group!
Plan to hang out in Totoro’s Forest for about an hour until 10am.
Eat lunch until 12:45pm
See the zoo for an hour until 17:45pm
Chill at hot spring for an hour until 19:30
ホテルウィルリゾート日高店 to Hotel Park Inn via 関越病院 (maybe)
Along the way:
Hang out until 14:30pm at Kezoji Park
Oh nooo the Bungy jump location seems to be closed April 27th!!
Will use:
Will not use:
Notice the tunnels on Highway 17 (Mikuni Highway), south of Obansanja Shrine. Along 17, I will take a trail starting here, hike around the tunnels, past Obansanja Shrine, and finish the trail here.
You may notice there is another tunnel looking thing, but it has a sidewalk next to it.
There is a tunnel on Highway 17 just north of Lodge Montoze, through which I cannot safely walk because there are no sidewalks. One of my skiing friends said there will likely be very few skiers by this date, so I can likely use the ski slopes to the west of the tunnel, possibly using Tashiro Ropeway. I prefer walking if possible, but we shall see exactly what is possible!
biz hotel canceled so we stayed at Muikamacchi Hutte, 90-4 Koguriyama, Minamiuonuma, Niigata 949-6636
June 5th, 2021 (土) I plan to go to Shibuya to offer Free Eye Gazing with anyone who is interested. I don’t guess that I will connect with 100 people tomorrow, but I can certainly put the word out and connect with that many over the month of June, I imagine.
Gather online #eyegazing100
Not including people I know, I shared eye gazing moments with 11 people yesterday!
eyeゲージングとは。
瞑想法の一つです。
誰でも深い瞑想体験ができます。
瞑想の姿勢で相手の目をただ観るのです。
そうすると自分の心が相手にくっきりと見えてきます。
恥ずかしがり屋の人でも大丈夫です。
なぜか始まると深い意識に変化していきます。
本当の自分に気づき
自分の真の美しさがわかるでしょう。
目の中に見えるもの、心のプロセス、
体験はみなさん違いますが
経験後の変化。
自分の強い友人になる！
自分を知る。自分や他者をより愛せるようになったり
日常の中でのコミュニケーション能力が上がり、
相手をより受け入れたり
尊重し合えたりする力が増してきます。
この世の中がより身近になり
もっとあなたの味方になっていくでしょう。
What is Eye Gazing?
Eye gazing is the act of looking into someone’s eyes
for an extended amount of time.
It’s a powerful, intimate practice that can
help you become closer to another person.
Even if it lasts for only a few seconds,
eye gazing can trigger a personal connection.
Eye gazing with loved ones is beneficial
for fostering even deeper connections.
The experience is different for everyone.
Know yourself and others more.
Accept yourself and others.
Allow the world to become more familiar.
Try eye gazing with your friends and loved ones.
https://www.collective-evolution.com/2013/02/24/the-powerful-practice-of-eye-gazing/
It has taken me a full week to get back into a mode that I can post about the walk in any kind of reasonable way.
Klaus summed it up, saying I had lost an identity of being the guy walking across Japan. There is grief in losing that part of myself.
These are maps of each segment, subject to change. For the latest info, PM me on LINE.
As part of the kickoff event, I will lead a walking meditation in Rinko Park.
Join us Friday April 16th at Rinko Park in Yokohama, (map) on the concrete circle in Rinko Park.
I will walk from my house to Yomiuriland, possibly via 百合ヶ丘駅 or just go a more direct route.
Join us Saturday April 17th in Yomiuriland
👉🏿 Let’s enjoy riding roller coasters in Yomiuriland!
👉🏿 Anyone want to try the bungee? It’s not that tall!
It will probably be dark by the time we leave Yomiuriland, so I doubt we will be able to see much near Tama River. But we’ll cross Tama River and then walk a bit to Chuokan Hotel.
Including ~1 hour at the Sewerage Museum
For the latest updates, join our LINE group!
Plan to hang out in Totoro’s Forest for about an hour until 10am.
Eat lunch until 12:45pm
~45 minutes Walking Meditation in Sayama Inariyama Prefectural Park until 15:15pm
See the zoo for an hour until 17:45pm
Chill at hot spring for an hour until 19:30
Along the way:
Hang out until 14:30pm at Kezoji Park
Walking Meditation in Maebashishioshima Park until 7pm
Pass by:
(?) Possibly stop by Shibukawa Skyland Park via https://goo.gl/maps/yEppuH7sbBVKts1m8
Will turn left at Planet Restroom and Restaurant Planet (closed)
Will likely visit 上州たかやま 田んぼアート (field art) for photos!
Including through a tunnel with a narrow sidewalk..
Will pass Meigetsu Orchards
Will pass 7-Eleven Minakami Fuse Shop
Oh nooo the Bungy jump location seems to be closed April 27th!!
Will use:
Will not use:
Notice the tunnels on Highway 17 (Mikuni Highway), south of Obansanja Shrine. Along 17, I will take a trail starting here, hike around the tunnels, past Obansanja Shrine, and finish the trail here.
You may notice there is another tunnel looking thing, but it has a sidewalk next to it.
There is a tunnel on Highway 17 just north of Lodge Montoze, through which I cannot safely walk because there are no sidewalks. One of my skiing friends said there will likely be very few skiers by this date, so I can likely use the ski slopes to the west of the tunnel, possibly using Tashiro Ropeway. I prefer walking if possible, but we shall see exactly what is possible!
biz hotel canceled so we stayed at Muikamacchi Hutte, 90-4 Koguriyama, Minamiuonuma, Niigata 949-6636
(*) Note: dates are subject to change! For the latest info, PM me on LINE.
I did a couple of livestreams on Instagram yesterday. (I downloaded and copied them to Youtube so you don’t have to log in to view them.)
Water pouring into rice fields
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ltEFRpkT9U
Great talking to Eddie a bit on his way to get his kids.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DIq1T_-HNc
APA Hotel Tsubamesanjo Ekimae is really the best I have used this walk in terms of price per ameneties.
Private bath, bed, TV with free VOD including adult content, plus a larger than micro sized toothpaste, and a nice toothbrush with soft bristles. Just 3700 yen. Nice.
Day 22 was
Before I started walking, Jason H described a simple 4 steps to adapting to any stressful situation. I think I am in the last stage now; I have just come to realize walking is my life. Nothing can be done to change it. Just walk walk walk.
I felt quite hot and tired by the end of today. Not a drop of rain in sight, and plenty of sun, so I am glad I put on sunscreen before I started out at 7am. I arrived at the hotel about 2:30pm, so 7.5 hours walking 17.5 kilometers (according to Google Maps)
Leaving the hotel this morning around 7am
Two manhole covers with same design at different sizes. I may have posted a large size version somewhere.
Bicycle wheel themed bicycle parking
Went through a tunnel that apparently gets flooded at times.
Saw a turtle in a river
turtle without zoom
Also saw an orange in a river
Curious loops on wires a I guess to keep birds off them
Wow I was back there a few days ago..
Curious that these huge heavy plates are being held down by a backhoe
Brand name
Saw a rather large ratsnake I encountered before crossing Kariyata River (map). He was quite chill.
Rambling transcript of story:
Walking around the bend of a highway where the road was terribly rough. And I was wearing sandals because it was so rough. Just about to cross, I couldn’t even see the path where I was headed. And is I was like, I need to, I see the berm of a river. And I need to go over that hill. But I come in around this corner, I can’t see if there is actually a path there to go from this level around the left up to the bridge that’s crossing the river.
So I might have to go away back or I might have to I’m not going to go way back. Let me tell you that. But I might have to like drag or pick up my bag and carry it up this hill. And so just approaching and approaching and finally at the last minute, it’s like okay, there’s a path cool. And getting legs stepping up the path toward the toward the bridge that was there. over the river. Walking, walking, walking, just looking at my feet and my Oh, so tired. Hello. Hello snake. You’re beautiful.
Wow. It’s like Oh, hi snake. beautiful green rat snake. I didn’t know as a rat snake until after I posted a picture up on Reddit. But the answer quick and answer quickly came back. No, that’s a Japanese rat snake is a beautiful species but a beautiful specimen. I was able the rat snake was she was so chill. I was able to put François down in front of him take a picture. Pick François up start a video and then the snake was like I guess I guess we’re done here snake sorta snake and on by.
And I like I wanted to pick it up. And thought it would be more polite to just let it go on its way. And someone said on Reddit and to say just say pardon me when you pick it up. And I kind of sort of think that that’s right. I mean, if it’s an actual in my heart to excuse me, I would like to pick you up. I wonder if it’s okay, but I just had this, you know, kind of reverence for this animal.
And projecting today that it saw me as a giant animal. It was a big snake but I’m a lot bigger than that. And on Reddit, the guy was guessing is two meters long. I guessed it was 130 centimeters long. But yeah, it’s big snake looks pretty cool. In decent size.
So yeah, they’re just there was a cool snake and oh, and then my friend Missy texted me right after that. She’s like, Oh, I just had an amazing experience. And she was telling me about her experience. And so we decided that the snake was a messenger letting me know to contact her because she had just had a had an amazing experience. So that was neat. I put him on YouTube. I called it Missy’s green snake.