Author: Wisterian Watertree
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How To Become An Authority
You do not have to read much about SEO until you realize that the hardest part is ranking high (which means your page floating towards the top of the search engine result page, resulting in more clicks and more advertising revenue). Search engine algorithms have become too smart to just read the list of search…
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The Autumn Is Going Missing
The spider lily is an autumn flower but it is still 35 degrees centigrade – at the end of September! Summer will go straight into winter if this keeps up, without passing fall. Or fall colors.
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Several thousand words later….
I am working on a really interesting page which turns out to be much more work than I expected. But also much more useful, because it will give tips about things you may usually not consider when planning a road trip in Japan. But it keeps growing and I can never finish. It is like…
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How Not To Write Like An AI
It will be a relief once ChatGPT and its ilk get going in Facebook groups. Not because it can be rude to people (there are already humans who are good at that), but because it can answer recurring questions like “what is the weather” “how should I pack” and “which part of Tokyo is better”.…
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Writing For Others
I have been helping the people of Japan Travel Planning with some articles – about driving in Japan, since that is my area of expertise, of course. There is so much to say and you continuously discover new things that you need to write about. Like recently, when I was writing about the International Driving…
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Slowly adding to the site
I am gradually adding more content (so far related to my book “Driving In Japan”) but it is slow going. After all, I have a day job – and I really want to spend my hobby time writing books (“spare time” is a somewhat elusive concept when you have three kids). But slow means steady.…
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Typhoon, Schmyphoon
It is no fun to be outside in a typhoon. During the latest one – named “typhoon number 2” by the Japanese authorities – I walked to the office, and despite having an umbrella my trousers were soaking whet when I got there. The rain was literally horizontal. And the typhoon did not even make…
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The Start Of The Rainy Season
Japan has five seasons: Summer, fall, winter, spring – and the rainy season (梅雨 “tsuyu” in Japanese – the characters mean “rain every day”). And that is what it is. The rainy season is (usually, because the climate is changing and few things are normal anymore) wedged between the end of spring and the beginning…
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Lucky morning walk
It was a bit windy but now the winds are warm. And suddenly you are rewarded with great views on mt Fuji.
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Who Needs Pictures?
I take a lot of pictures, all the time. I will probably have to increase the iCloud size. The pictures are useful – as you can probably tell, they are the main source for illustrations on this website. But why do you need pictures, other than adding a splash of color to the pages? Do…
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