Well, Saturday night saw the annual Tokyo Bay fireworks display, which luckily we were able to see from our balcony, so we got some friends […] Read More
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Just a week after 3 days at the Fuji Rock Festival, yesterday we headed out to Ibaraki for a day at the Rock in Japan […] Read More
We got back late last night from three great days and nights at the Fuji Rock Festival at Naeba in Niigata prefecture. I’ll try to […] Read More
Another small but useful word here, ‘いがい／意外／igai’、loosely meaning ‘unexpected’ or ‘surprising’, which describes situations I seem to find myself in more than I probably should. […] Read More
It’s been a while since I observed any news from this man, which is more a reflection of me being busy as I’m sure not […] Read More
This is a collection of material housed at Pacific University website showing propaganda matter produced mainly in the U.S. during World War 2. There’s a […] Read More
[This is the first of hopefully many ‘word of the day’ posts, in an effort to help me with my appalling Japanese, especially for business […] Read More
I used to have a mantra: never travel outside Tokyo during Golden Week [GW]. There’s a reason for this. Everyone travels to ‘tourist’ spots during […] Read More
One thing Japan is blessed with is an insane amount of national holidays, which is great really. Currently, we’re part way through ‘Golden Week’ [GW], […] Read More