Quoting Jippensha Ikku, Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige, or Shank's Mare, Edo period

Now is the time to visit all the celebrated places in the country and fill our heads with what we have seen, so that when we become old and bald, we shall have something to talk about over our teacups.
— Jippensha Ikku, Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige, or Shank’s Mare, Edo period

5:33pm on August 27, 2025 from Tbilisi, Georgia


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   description: Now is the time to visit all the celebrated places in the country and fill our heads with what we have seen, so that when we become old and bald, we shall have something to talk about over our teacups
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                title: Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige, or Shank's Mare
                creator: Jippensha Ikku
                year: Edo period
                translated_by: Thomas Satchell
                note: This quote is a translation by Satchell of a Japanese proverb or phrase from the Edo period. The original source is Jippensha Ikku's comic novel of travel, Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige, or Shank's Mare, which Satchell translated in 1926.
           via: {'note': 'Things Become Other Things: A Walking Memoir - Craig Mod p.66 ch. What to Believe'}
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