A fascinating story about a Japanese tanker-truck driver, Toshifumi Fujimoto, who goes to conflict front lines for some [photo hunt](https://www.facebook.com/toshifumi.fujimoto.52/photos_stream) and adrenaline kicks:

> “It’s more dangerous in Syria to be a journalist than a tourist,” he said, describing how “each morning I walk 200 metres (yards) to reach the ‘front’, and I’m right there on the firing line with soldiers of the (rebel) Free Syria Army.”

> “It fascinates me, and I enjoy it,” he says, as some FSA fighters stop him in one of the Old City’s streets to have their picture taken with him. […]

> “I’m not a target for snipers because I’m a tourist, not like you journalists,” he told a reporter. “Besides, I’m not afraid if they shoot at me or that they might kill me. I’m a combination of samurai and kamikaze.”

The reason I think he can get away from harm’s way is because he looks like a ‘chinese’. Most journalists working in conflict areas are caucasians, aided by local fixers/drivers/translators wearing nearly identical safety aparatus; he has none on him (he refuses to wear helmet or vest), thus uniquely identifiable as a ‘neutral’ guy.

I go to the extreme for my adventures too, but this dwarfs any previous efforts I have done. [Additional Coverage](https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=Toshifumi+Fujimoto&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8#q=Toshifumi+Fujimoto&hl=en&safe=off&client=safari&tbo=d&rls=en&source=lnms&tbm=nws&sa=X&ei=LxbqUJy1NIzUkgXg9oHQBw&ved=0CA0Q_AUoAA&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.1355534169,d.dGI&fp=59862e1479b56502&bpcl=40096503&biw=1111&bih=914).