BG Report: Ikoma-sanjo Amusement Park
The trip up Japan’s oldest cable car to the top of Ikoma Mountain in Nara Prefecture was quite an experience. Not only was the cable car great, but the amusement… [keep reading]
Tag: Japan
BG Report: Riding the JR Hamakaze train
Some train rides are just destined to go well. My ride today on the Hamakaze train was, diabetically, just such an experience. The Hamakaze is a limited express train I… [keep reading]
BG Report: Walking around Kurayoshi, Japan
Today was spent in the small city of Kurayoshi, in Tottori Prefecture on the northern coast of central Honshū. Not only was the weather perfect for my wanderings along an… [keep reading]
BG Report: JR Super Hakuto train from Kyōto to Kurayoshi
I had a good day of blood sugars on my ride aboard the JR Super Hakuto train today. Generally speaking, I’d rather be a bit low than high, and that’s… [keep reading]
BG Report: Japan’s longest local bus Yagi-Shingū
Sitting motionless on a bus for seven hours is not a recipe for great blood sugar. And my day started badly, blood sugar-wise, before the ride even began. So I… [keep reading]
BG Report: Nachi Falls and the shrine/temple complex
In this video I explain that I didn’t sleep well this morning. The stress of that ruined my blood sugar: between 1:30 am and 9:00 am, I went from 175… [keep reading]
BG Report: Walking around Shingū, Japan
My walk around Shingū, a remote city on the far southeastern edge of Wakayama Prefecture in Japan, was a bit haphazard, diabetes-wise. I’d spent the morning hiking around Nachi Waterfall… [keep reading]
BG Report: Japan’s Kuroshio “panda train” from end to end
A pretty excellent day of blood sugars during my ride on the 4.5-hour Kuroshio train, with its panda decorations, from Shin-Osaka to Shingu, Japan. Just after 8:00 am, I woke… [keep reading]
BG Report: My 3-day trip to Nara, Japan
I spent three days traveling around Nara Prefecture, Japan. To create my schedule, I used ChatGPT, the AI bot from OpenAI. I told it to create a detailed itinerary, with… [keep reading]
Train to Iga to photograph the Perseid meteor shower
My first trip since the coronavirus happened was in August 2020, to the town of Iga in Mie Prefecture, Japan. My goal: to photograph the Perseid meteor shower. [keep reading]
How I reached Bishanohana, Honshu’s westernmost point
How a trip to Bishanohana, Honshu Island's extreme west point, made my blood sugar perfect... and then not so perfect. Plus a long local train ride along the coast. [keep reading]
Mini-travel: Akashi, Japan and octopus blood sugar
A day of eating octopus balls and guessing insulin doses in Akashi. Blood sugar got low but I evened it out. And saw the oldest stone lighthouse in Japan! [keep reading]
Mini-traveling: Hankai Tramway in Osaka/Sakai
Another day of mini-travel took us to every station on both branches of the Hankai Tramway that runs between Osaka and Sakai. Blood sugars excellent the whole way. [keep reading]
Mini-traveling: Takayasuyama in Yao, Japan
Mini-traveling is when you go to an unknown place near your house at random. I went to a mountain called Takayasuyama near Osaka, Japan, and it was fantastic. [keep reading]
Flying Osaka to Stockholm: The trip begins
DAY 1 – If your blood sugar is high all day while flying around the globe, is it ok if you're back in range when you finally land? I flew from Japan to Sweden to figure it out. [keep reading]