Hobo tourism/Bum tour of winter Japan

Bum tour of winter Japan — a project of the Russian traveler Viktor Pinchuk, conceived and implemented spontaneously.

Overnight in the lobby of the student dormitory in Kyoto

General information

• 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

• Islands: Honshu, Shikoku, Enoshima.
• Cities & villages: Narita (airport), Hakuba, Oboke, Okayama, Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, Kamakura, Tokyo.

Мap of the route

The methods applied

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

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

Illustrations from the book "Japan for Free"

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  Overnight in the cemetery (Kamakura)
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  Local train (the cheapest tickets)
• 
  Mitarashi dango — national dish.
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  Japanese "colleague" of the Russian traveler

Articles in Wikisource mentioning this trip

• Viktor Pinchuk "Notes of an international tramp"
• Viktor Pinchuk "In bullpen – voluntarily"

Literature

• Pinchuk, Viktor (in ru) "Japan for free". — Simferopol: Btovko, 2013. — 31 p. — ISBN 978-5-9908234-1-9