Hobo tourism/Bum tour of winter Japan
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Bum tour of winter Japan — a project of the Russian traveler Viktor Pinchuk, conceived and implemented spontaneously.
General information
[edit | edit source]- Duration: 2 weeks.
- Period: 15.01. 2012 — 29. 01. 2012
- Idea: Viktor Pinchuk.
- Number of participants: 1 (one).
- Starting point: Tokyo
- Transit through: Kyiv.
- Number of Islands visited: 3 (three).
- Way to get: plane.
- Ways to move: railway transport, bus, pedestrian routes.
- Method: kiseru.
- Nature of the journey: creative trip.
- Objects of interest: temples.
- Purpose: collection of material for the book, articles and photo exhibition.
- Format: bum tour, winter hard option.
Places visited
[edit | edit source]- Islands: Honshu, Shikoku, Enoshima.
- Cities & villages: Narita (airport), Hakuba, Oboke, Okayama, Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, Kamakura, Tokyo.
The methods applied
[edit | edit source]In the process of moving along the route the following accommodation options were used:
- In the station hall (Hakuba, Oboke).
- In a rented apartment of Japanese TV journalist, due to a spontaneous midnight acquaintance (Okayama)
- In halls and stairwells (Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, Tokyo)
- At the cemetery (Kamakura)
- At the Police station (Tokyo)
Outcomes and results
[edit | edit source]Written and published in the press (in Russian):
- Япония для нищих — 15. 03. 2012. — Republic of Crimea: newspaper. — № 8 (941);
- «Гуманоид» в гостях у самураев — 22. 03. 2012. — Republic of Crimea: newspaper. — № 9 (942);
- Продолжение бомжеключений — 23. 03. 2012. — Republic of Crimea: newspaper. — № 10 (943);
- Ватащи-ва бимбо хито дэсу — 5. 04. 2012. — Republic of Crimea: newspaper. — № 11 (944);
- Сказки и быль о Японии — 12. 04. 2012. — Republic of Crimea: newspaper. — № 12 (945);
- Двадцатая страна — 24. 04. 2012. — Republic of Crimea: newspaper. — № 13 (946);
- Заметки «японского» бомжа — 24. 05. 2012. — Republic of Crimea: newspaper. — № 15 (948);
- Остров размером с деревню — 7. 06. 2012. — Republic of Crimea: newspaper. — № 16 (949);
- Вот и всё: вокзал и аэропорт… — Republic of Crimea: newspaper. — 7. 06. 2012. — № 17 (950);
- Вечерний город Токио — Evening city: newspaper. — 14.08.2012. — № 50 (585).
- On October 7, 2013 in the Central Museum of Tavrida (Simferopol) the opening of personal photo exhibition "January in Japan" was held, where 45 works were presented.
- One issue in the series of TV stories of the author’s project "Around the world with empty pockets" was dedicated to the "Japanese" trip of the Russian traveler.
Gallery
[edit | edit source]Illustrations from the book "Japan for Free"
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Overnight in the cemetery (Kamakura) -
Local train (the cheapest tickets) -
Mitarashi dango — national dish. -
Japanese "colleague" of the Russian traveler
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Articles in Wikisource mentioning this trip
[edit | edit source]- Viktor Pinchuk "Notes of an international tramp"
- Viktor Pinchuk "In bullpen – voluntarily"
Literature
[edit | edit source]- Pinchuk, Viktor (in ru) "Japan for free". — Simferopol: Btovko, 2013. — 31 p. — ISBN 978-5-9908234-1-9
