There's a nascent pink aura around the cherry blossom trees in Kansai. Wes Lang is dressed in a green shell jacket with a matching green zipper-pull hanging down just below his sternum, parallel with the drawstrings of the jacket hood. From an inner layer, which looks to be a blue fleece jacket, a black T-shirt peeks through the open neckline.
Hiking and Trekking in the Japan Alps and Mount Fuji, by Tom Fay, Wes Lang.400 pagesCICERONE PRESS, Guidebook.
His head pokes out through his upturned fleece collar like a turtle that's just been disturbed from a deep sleep. But, unlike a turtle, Lang smiles a lot and has an endearing habit of answering questions with a "yeah, yeah" instead of a "yes." These two gestures put me at ease.