Ironically his last blog post was a commissioned article[0] from The Guardian and he complained[1] about editorialization. But yes, he liked his words, but I also wish he would revisit some of these places now.

[0] https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/aug/15/yubari-japan-...

[1] https://spikejapan.wordpress.com/2014/08/16/yubari-withering...