Copenhagen Swing Set

* Hundred-sixty year old tea house in Mamedanomachi, called Shimaya. * Jewel of a building; charming interior and exterior both. * Will close

* Kuncho Brewery [https://goo.gl/maps/BEsxUvYjwrp] in Hita, Ōita, Japan * Overly-steep, hundreds-of-years-old staircase leading up to this room * Coincidental

* Labor Day weekend getaway * Friend brought kerosene-fueled katanas, just to have fun * ... * We did.

* Quaint little vineyard not 50 yards away * Listed in the National Register of Historic Places (though I wouldn't

* Friend's apartment literally juts out over the water * Massive forest fire in British Columbia, smoke visible as far