From the bookshelf: “Crush It!” is by entrepreneur, wine evangelist and now social media consultant, Gary Vaynerchuck. I was trying to think of how I […] Read More
Author: gurahamu

Every summer, places the length and breadth of Japan celebrate summer with festivals and fireworks displays (花火). Since we moved out of Tokyo, we’ve been […] Read More
From the bookshelf: The Windup Girl, by Paolo Bacigalupi. This was a book I saw recommended on the ‘Swords and Laser’ website and podcast, otherwise, […] Read More
Bookshelf: The Amber Spyglass – Philip Pullman. The third and final of the ‘His Dark Materials‘ trilogy sees the main two protagonists, Lyra and Will […] Read More

Since I had a half day open for the bike, I decided to go to down familiar roads and went on a bike trip-ette to […] Read More
For the first time, I rode on to a ferry on my motorbike. It was actually a lot of fun for such a small event. […] Read More
So we rolled for the first bike day out of 2010. Actually, this is the first day out I’ve ever done in January. It’s a […] Read More
Happy New Year 2010! 明けまして おめでとう ございます 2010 (or 平成 22). Here’s to an awesome year, leaving the bad things behind and ripping in to […] Read More
So what was the Tokyo Toy Run? Basically, it’s an event whereby a lot of bikers got together, brought toys and such and did a […] Read More
I thought I’d write a few practical posts here when possible of good places and parks for people with children around Kanto to go for […] Read More