After 3 years of great service, I’m semi-retiring my Canon Ixy (2.1 Megapixel) in favour of my new Canon Ixy 500 (5 Megapixel). I can’t […] Read More
Yes, that day had to come, but last Monday was officially my last snowboarding day of the ’03-’04 after 3 great days in Niseko Annupuri. […] Read More
One thing I forgot to put up here earlier was that I went to see ‘Innocence’ last Saturday. Innocence is the sequel of sorts to […] Read More
Many may know that a few weeks ago Yoshinoya and pretty much every purveyor of gyudon (sliced beef and onion on rice) stopped selling the […] Read More
I noticed on my way home the other day that McDonalds is now selling a fish version of McNuggets. Why is this? Well, I suspect […] Read More
As those of us who live in Japan know on a day to day basis (and have done for some time), jobs in Japan are […] Read More
This story on the excellent Register website was a bit scary – Softbank Japan admit they may have released 4,500,000 currenty and former customers of […] Read More
I just found an image I took with my mobile phone’s camera (keitai camera – Sony Ericsson A5402S) at sunset when I went to Shiga […] Read More
Even though I’ve been snowboarding here in Japan for over four years, it’s always nice to try a new resort out, which is what we […] Read More
Bit of history here – 100 years since the Japan – Russia Conflict. Interesting as much for the web of deals and agreements which littered […] Read More