Yesterday’s news that the death toll in Syria has climbed to 60,000, as well as the near-daily reports of shelling and violence there, are probably enough to keep most tourists away from the war-torn nation. Unless, of course, you’re a bored Japanese truck driver who gets a buzz running from snipers.

Japanese trucker Toshifumi Fujimoto holds his cameras in front of damaged buses in Aleppo’s old city on Dec. 27, 2012. (AFP photo/STR/Getty Images)
AFP has the story of Toshifumi Fujimoto, a driver who left his native Japan to embark on an odyssey to document Syria’s ongoing civil war.