Okay... a Harry Potter fan I am not. But a few train stops from my house is "The Making of Harry Potter," a Warner Brothers Studio Tour Theme Park, the Tokyo version. (The original is in London.) The park opened three years ago to much success and, while I have never been inclined to visit, we had a houseguest who was yearning to go. And so off we went! Just in time for a Harry Potter Halloween.

Last summer during vacation season, I paused from my reprints of Japan Times columns to present photos from various trips taken through the years. You can revisit those previous photos here. I have just returned from a journey abroad, so I thought to take another pause and post a line-up of my travels, not only of the recent trip, but of all my wanderings since that the "On the Road" publication in 2025. The title this time: "On the Road... Again."

Jack Kerouac I am not but I am traveling this month and away from my computer cubbyhole in Tokyo suburbia. As such, I will pause on my reprints of Japan Times humor columns and run "a few" photos of other moments when I have been away and on the road.