Snowstorm
10 March 2014
Before today I never really experienced it snowing. A couple of years ago in Osaka I detected a few seconds of what might have been snow, but I wa....
Not so cold
10 March 2014
Now I am in Japan. Not only am I in Japan but I am on a fast train travelling from a man made island in the sea that taunts tsunamis typing on my ....
Redundant lounge photos
29 October 2012
Its only been an hour since the last update, so I dont have much more to say! Narita now has an express gate for oneworld sapphire members which i....
The great walk
29 October 2012
Its the last day of my weekend in Tokyo. My flight isnt until 8pm in the evening. So theres no excuse not to walk a great distance. If you enjoy p....
Wedding proposal and a fight
28 October 2012
The question is, which of the above 2 things was I a witness to and which was I involved in? Before all that, as soon as I stepped out the door, i....
Raincoat
28 October 2012
When I woke up, it wasnt raining. Sunday morning everything is shut except starbucks, so that as always was my first stop. Next up, Mount Takao, a....
No cranes
27 October 2012
Tonight I headed north, to Ikebekuro, had dinner, and came back via Takadanobaba. How are you going with the pronounciations? For a while I though....
Trains and temples
27 October 2012
Today I took a full day trip which took in 3 different cities linked by a tram in Kanagawa prefecture. Fujiwara - a relatively large modern city E....
The real Otaku?
26 October 2012
Otaku is the Japanese term for people with obsessive interests. In Western culture its nerds. But in Japan its cool. In modern culture Otaku could....