So basically, when I woke up last Sunday morning, I was thinking about making some miso shiru. This is not a normal way to wake […] Read More
Category: japan
This time last week a group of us went up to Niseko in Hokkaido for some snowboarding for four ays. It sounds almost repetitive (eight […] Read More
OK, I admit this is a bit late, but last week (Dec. 1st), we went to the Tokyo Dome to see Southern All Stars live, […] Read More
Last night we attended the 2005 St. Andrews Charity Ball at the Hilton in Shinjuku for the first time, and it was definitely one of […] Read More
I’ve been pondering lately about ‘upgrading’ my Japanese to/from English dictionary, from my trusty Sanseido printed pocket edition, to something electronic, if only to make […] Read More
I just saw this (link to summary) over at Issho Kikaku [issho.org], of a paper by Monbu Kagaku Shou (The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, […] Read More
Yesterday I went down to Makuhari Messe to check out the last day of the Tokyo Game Show 2005. The big events this year were […] Read More
Today I got a look at, and play with Nintendo’s latest GameBoy – the Micro (it’s due on sale next week). Basically, It’s a Game […] Read More
Every now and then it’s good to try something you don’t often try. To be honest to yourself. However, a bad time for this is […] Read More
This morning Tokyo was treated to a magnitude 6 earthquake which shook pretty much everything in the city. The quake measured a 7.2 on the […] Read More