Kyoto
10 March 2012
As the title says, today I went to Kyoto. When I woke up the sun was actually shining so I thought I better make the most of it. Kyoto is a 20 min....
Shinsaibashi
9 March 2012
It almost stopped raining, almost. Not enough to warrant venturing away from covered pedestrian mall area. The Shinsaibashi thing is very long wit....
Bullet train to Osaka
9 March 2012
First of all, it rained all day, across all of Japan, with the cloud never really lifting above the tops of tall buildings. This made my bullet tr....
Indian curry in Japan
8 March 2012
Eating in Japan can be cheap. The cheap places dont trust their staff to handle money, instead they have a vending machine you stick money in and ....
Ginza and a garden
8 March 2012
Its grey, cold and threatening to rain. This has a strange effect on the throngs of people. Rather than standing and waiting politely at pedestria....
Around Shinjuku
7 March 2012
I must have got less sleep than I thought because by around 5pm local time I felt exhausted. However that shouldnt prevent a good 3 hour walk in t....
I made it here
7 March 2012
My flight threatened to be horrible, but turned out to be fine. I estimate it was 75% full which would normally mean I would get a spare seat next....
Sydney airport and lounge etc.
6 March 2012
The flight to Sydney (which I take each week) was actually entertaining. It was dusk and the pilot advised us that an air ambulance had requested ....
Adelaide to Sydney
6 March 2012
Time to head off to Fukushima to address the core issues. I have practiced solving Japans nuclear crisis by the almost as complex repair to my sho....