NagaNOW!
Going to Nagano was a last minute decision as Oli had some days off and there was still snow in the mountains. Our friend Hart was free and so we jumped on an early morning Shinkansen and…
19th Mar 2010 - Japan - hits: 14
Oh gosh this is overdue!
Greetings, It’s well over a year since those first heady days in Shinjuku, we’ve watched the bare trees turn pink, steamy green, and back to orange then bare again. Now the plum blossom has com…
8th Mar 2010 - Japan - hits: 109
Catchup: Before we left Tokyo...
Christmas/Bali The nights are closing in, my Japanese level has fallen along with the leaves, so Christmas must be coming. Christmas in Tokyo is a very strange thing indeed. Shopping and present…
1st Jan 2010 - Japan - hits: 13
Nikko
Nikko is Iron Maiden:s drummer, but Nikko is also a small town about 2hrs outside of Tokyo. As a tourist, if you were to visit just one place outside Tokyo, Nikko would be a good pick with it’s …
30th Nov 2009 - Japan - hits: 81
Fuji-san
できたね。 富士山を野簿りました。 We climbed it! Fuji climbing season is July and August – the rest of the year it’s off limits. We went up on the first week it was open, not…
31st Jul 2009 - Japan - hits: 78
Izu Islands
Holidaying (like many things in Japan) is infinitely harder if you decide not to do it in the same way as everybody else. By which I mean, go on the right days, go to the places the guidebook …
29th Jul 2009 - Japan - hits: 193
The Big 5 of Ichigaya
Rainy season has been and gone. How was it? Well, a bit underwhelming, frankly. Some way off proper tropical rain, closer to a fairly intense English summer. It did rain quite consistently, …
19th Jul 2009 - Japan - hits: 188
Sumimasen, sumimasen, sumimasen, gomenasai, gomen.
Yoy! A whole 2 months or more since last update? Sumimasen*, sumimasen sumimasen gomenasai** gomenasai... Well, we shall redouble our efforts and try our very best to update more frequently…
5th Jul 2009 - Japan - hits: 269
Spring - and summer!
For all Oli's grumbling about the cherry blossom, it was beautiful while it lasted. And he was romantic enough to take me in a little rowing boat in the moat of the Imperial Palace. So many…
16th Apr 2009 - Japan - hits: 168
9-5, what a way to make a living...
Work has come at last. Even though I still don't have a visa (though I'm legal to work while I wait for final confirmation), I've gone back to the daily grind. How is it? Well, not so bad…
25th Mar 2009 - Japan - hits: 107
