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it's only 24 prefectures after all

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Kokubunji, 2024.10.19

I was looking at the map of my travels in Japan and realized that although I'd colored in Gifu as if I'd spent time there, I can't recall actually having done so. So I'm restating my map. Saga was only the 24th of 47 prefectures I've visited.

rand()m quote

Selfish leaders increase risk by placing themselves first. It's a fundamental mistake to assume that what is good for us personally is mutually exclusive to what is good for everyone. That kind of zero-sum game is for cowards, and in the end, we all pay the price for this type of latent, toxic leadership.

—Col. Eric G. Kail