I took your ‘December batch’ of Pobjoy Postcards to the graves of the 47 Ronin in Tokyo. Together, we burned incense to honour the Akoroshi. This is the final mailing, and it could only come from this place 👣💌🌏 #Japan #BenPobjoy #Marathon #Marathon EarthChallenge #WorldByFoot
Marathon #227: Tokyo, Japan /// The city of a bazillion vending machines 👣🇯🇵🌏 #MarathonEarthChallenge #WorldByFoot
Marathon #224: Tokyo, Japan /// Swung by the stable to watch the big boys train 👣🇯🇵🌏 #MarathonEarthChallenge #WorldByFoot
Surpassed a Guinness World Record in 2023 👉 242 freestyle marathons done in nearly 70 countries in a calendar year. Did the final 3 marathons over the holidays. Did 11,465 kilometres by foot overall. The big takeaway? BET ON YOURSELF 👣🌎👣 #MarathonEarthChallenge #WorldByFoot
Marathon #237: Tokyo, Japan /// 17 nights in Tokyo, 16 marathons, and 728 kms trekked by foot 👉Visited Ōishi and the gang most mornings / gonna miss the ‘most wanted’ posters on kōbans and the lil kids in adorable school uniforms 👣🇯🇵🌏 #MarathonEarthChallenge #WorldByFoot
Marathon #231: Tokyo, Japan /// Maximum visual stimulation 👣🇯🇵🌏 #MarathonEarthChallenge #WorldByFoot
Marathon #229: Tokyo, Japan /// A gorilla reaching for pedestrians 👣🇯🇵🌏 #MarathonEarthChallenge #WorldByFoot
Marathon #225: Tokyo, Japan /// Go-Karts driven through city streets (which is legal here) 👣🇯🇵🌏 #MarathonEarthChallenge #WorldByFoot
Marathon #223: Tokyo, Japan /// When the daycare goes for a walk, the kids here get outfitted with cute matchy-matchy hats
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Marathon #236: Tokyo, Japan /// Pee pee poo poo 👉 1) My fave public urinal here (a concave rock that’s outdoors … that you twinkle at) 2) Asahi brand fail (the sculpture on the roof of their HQ is known locally as the golden turd) 👣🇯🇵🌏 #MarathonEarthChallenge #WorldByFoot
Marathon #228: Tokyo, Japan /// Purification by way of smoke bathing at Sensō-ji, a Buddhist temple that was completed in 645 CE 👣🇯🇵🌏 #MarathonEarthChallenge #WorldByFoot
Marathon #222: Tokyo, Japan /// Just sayin’…if you’re willing to stay in an 8’x8’ room with no window, no closet & no mattress…you can get 18 nights of digs in central Tokyo for less than $600USD all in, LOL 👣🇯🇵🌏 #MarathonEarthChallenge #WorldByFoot
Marathon #221: Toronto, Canada /// Off to Japan. Thanks for everyone’s love and support this year … see y’all on the other side of 239 👣🇨🇦🌎 #MarathonEarthChallenge #WorldByFoot
Marathon #235: Tokyo, Japan /// Monday motivation via street style (this PSA may not be applicable to those who were born a preemie, in breech or by caesarean) 👣🇯🇵🌏 #MarathonEarthChallenge #WorldByFoot
Marathon #233: Tokyo, Japan /// The fully functional bar … beside the toilet paper aisle … inside the Family Mart convenience store in Shibuya is really something! 👣🇯🇵🌏 #MarathonEarthChallenge #WorldByFoot
Marathon #230: Tokyo, Japan /// Up the punx! I went to the ‘Hair of the Dogs’ bar in the Golden, and Haruki played me some classic Japanese punk. Everyone was chatting and chain smoking indoors, and it was heaven 👣🇯🇵🌏 #MarathonEarthChallenge #WorldByFoot
Marathons #238-239: Toronto, Canada /// Merry Christmas everyone…I somehow didn’t die this year 🤣These magical things may have helped keep me safe on my global treks. See you in the new year…gotta go spend time with family!👣🇨🇦🌏 #MarathonEarthChallenge #WorldByFoot
Marathon #226: Tokyo, Japan /// Got an ‘ASICS Foot ID 3D scan’ today…and it gave me some wild data. Thanks to Stephanie & Ryohei from ASICS Runkeeper for setting it up. You can get this done for free in ASICS Japan stores here 👣🇯🇵🌏 #MarathonEarthChallenge #WorldByFoot
Marathon #232: Kamakura to Tokyo, Japan /// Earlier today I had the privilege of chatting with Craig Mod at his lovely home in coastal Japan. He’s one of my fave creators: craigmod.com 👣🇯🇵🌏 #MarathonEarthChallenge #WorldByFoot
