(I’ve written eleven prior posts about Japan: From Tokyo to Takasaki, A retreat to Niigata, A pointless little Japan story, From Akashina to Fuji, Walking Fuji, Playgrounds and manhole covers, From Fukuoka to Nagasaki, Burnout in Japan, Walking Hokkaido, In praise of Japanese small, Walking Kumamoto) Part of the reason I walk is to maximize happenstance, and on this trip that paid off in spades, because I found the city of Satsumasendai in Kyushu.