Carl is a stuffed bear made from remnant bin fur fabric and a whole lotta love--but don't let his humble origins fool you: He's a little bear with big dreams.

Sir Edmund Hillary had Tenzing, Lewis had Clark--and Carl has a photographer with just as much wanderlust as he has.

The Various and Sundry Travels of Carl the Bear | Promote Your Page Too

南無神變大菩薩 — Praise be to the Bodhisattva of Miracles
(We actually found this shrine by accident when we were looking for a place to eat our festival food that wasn’t going to be in anyone’s way.) 

{Hakone, Shiga-ken, Japan}