[joli-toc] In 2015, after 14 months of what seemed like sprinting through a marathon in a stress-inducing vacuum of a metropolis, a friend and I took advantage of a four-day weekend to disappear to Kumano Kodo and the countryside of Japan. Seiganto-ji Pagoda Kumano Kodo is an ancient pilgrimage route that people of all social classes and faiths walked along a...
You may have heard of this furry destination by a variety of names: Usagi Shima, Okunoshima, Rabbit Island, or Bunny Island. Okunoshima (大久野島) is Japan’s famous rabbit island where these fluffy creatures have taken over the mostly uninhabited land. An Okunoshima rabbit looking for food Despite the island’s dark origins as a poisonous gas factory during...