Gordon Vanstone hails from Victoria BC, Canada and has a Bachelor of Education from Simon Fraser University. Rainy Day Ramen and the Cosmic Pachinko is his first novel.
Tag: travel
Review—The Gion Festival: Exploring its Mysteries
A guide to Japan’s biggest summer extravaganza: The Gion Festival
Review by Cody Poulton It’s a bitter irony that a festival that is nearly as old as Kyoto, dedicated to ridding the city of pestilence in the hot and sticky month of July, was cancelled by the world-wide coronavirus pandemic last year. 2021 bodes no better: the great processions of splendid floats through the city, More…
Review—Lonely Planet Best Day Hikes Japan
The long-awaited third installment in the series, entitled Best Day Walks Japan (US edition: Best Day Hikes Japan) has been published.
Review by Wes Lang My time in Japan coincides directly with the history of Lonely Planet’s Hiking in Japan guidebook. I arrived on these shores in March of 2001, just one month after the release of the first edition of the guide. I soon picked up a copy of the teal and black cover and More…
