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- Iga-Ueno: Poetry in Motion.
- March 24th, 2010Category: Travel
- For a small town, Iga-Ueno has something for everyone. Whether your tastes lean towards the confrontational and martial or the reflective and poetic, this is a trip worth making. Iga-Ueno is the birthplace of those two most quintessential images of Japan: ninjas and B ... » Continue Reading
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- Snowboarding in Japan
- March 19th, 2010Category: Uncategorized
- I have lived in Japan for some time now. Unlike countries where outdoors living is at your doorstep, Japan’s needs to be discovered or created. In the coming seasons I will share some of my adventures here and hopefully provide some inspiration to explore them for you ... » Continue Reading
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- ‘Star Trek’ in Japan
- March 17th, 2010Category: Uncategorized
- It’s official: Midway through 2009, one in seven citizens of Japan had heard of Star Trek. I know this, because I finished personally quizzing 60-odd people round then for an article that popped up in the late lamented Geek Monthly to coincide with the late May releas ... » Continue Reading
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- Anime Avatars, Rocking Bunnies, & Cute Nerds!
- March 16th, 2010Category: Uncategorized
- Hello Gaijinpot! I have been so busy lately but have a lot to talk about. I wanted to first talk about how I have had the great opportunity to be a sponsor on the Japanese Anime site TinierMe.com which has now made it's US debut recently. The site known in Japan as " ... » Continue Reading
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- Japan by Bike (Part 3)
- March 15th, 2010Category: Uncategorized
- At 5pm the big bearded biker sitting on the floor offered me a clump of dried squid and a plastic cup of sake. This, he told me, was how things were done in Rider Houses. For me, a Rider House virgin, his kindness was refreshing - certainly more so than his body odo ... » Continue Reading
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- Obuse, Japan: Hokusai’s home away from hometown
- March 12th, 2010Category: Uncategorized
- Obuse is a peaceful town whose quaint country beauty is enhanced by abundant orchards and sweeping views of distant mountaintops. Known for its idyllic setting and artistic sensibility, this tiny geographical gem is only a half hour train ride away from Nagano City. ... » Continue Reading
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- Japanese Retro Game Review: Akumajou Dracula
- March 12th, 2010Category: Uncategorized
- Akumajou Dracula (originally translated as Vampire Killer) was released in 1986 by Konami, becoming the first in the series of action games known as Castlevania internationally. You play as Simon Belmont, a hero born into a long bloodline of heroic vampire hunters ... » Continue Reading
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- Tokyo Girls Collection
- March 12th, 2010Category: Uncategorized
- Tokyo Girls Collection celebrated its 10th show earlier this month at the Yokohama Arena. Since TGC began its twice-a-year show in 2005, it has become a major fashion event that attracts over 23,000 girls – all in their 20s / early 30s, and more media people than ... » Continue Reading
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- Finding Flow, Part 2: The teacher
- March 11th, 2010Category: Uncategorized
- While engaged in a Capoeira Roda recently, the opportunity to engage a lower rank student arose. Having trained beside him on numerous occasions, I knew what he was capable of, and what his relative strengths and weaknesses were. He was in his late teens/early twentie ... » Continue Reading
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- Tokyo Big Site and Odaiba
- March 10th, 2010Category: Uncategorized
- Located in Koto-Ku on land reclaimed from Tokyo Bay, situated right next to the Odaiba area and Rainbow Bridge - ostensibly one of Tokyo’s most famous romantic viewing points - is the Tokyo International Exhibition Center, a massive structure more lovingly referred ... » Continue Reading
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- Okinawa Cherry Blossom
- February 15th, 2010Category: Uncategorized
- Cherry blossom time, also known as Ohanami, in Japan is an important time for the gathering of family and friends. It is a time of renewal and hope for the coming year. Across the main islands it begins in early March in the south and lowlands then slowly creeps north ... » Continue Reading
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- Hot Pink Sake for Valentines Day in Japan!
- February 10th, 2010Category: Uncategorized
- Feeling a romantic inclination for this week's Valentine's Day? Ditch the hand-made chockies or Cadbury Roses, and real flowers? ...pfft. Wine and dine your loved one with a pink-coloured nigorizake. While regular sake is clear or vaguely amber in hue, nigorizake ... » Continue Reading
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