Like this post? Help us by sharing it! For a long time, Japan has been famous for miniaturising -and often improving- pre-existing ideas. The Walkman, the Haiku, the Capsule Hotel, and even the Tamagochi can be seen as a few examples of this trend. While the game of Futsal traces its roots back to early […]
June 2014
Capsule Hotels in Japan
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Typical Japanese-style accommodation, known as ‘ryokan’, are lavish and indulgent. The rooms are often a spacious spread of tatami mats, the meals are grand (and very filling!), and the bathing facilities allow space to relax in the natural hot spring water without worrying about touching skin with […]
Tokyo Okura- Jumping from the page to real life!
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! IQ84, Haruki Murakami’s swirling behemoth of a novel is chock full of the author’s classic themes; magical realism, food, music, sex and love. It’s a massive work full of pivotal moments and I just happen to be in the very location of one of those. Here is […]
Discovering Shizuoka green tea
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! While I was on my last Japan trip I had the opportunity to visit a tea farm in Shizuoka prefecture, along the Kurigatake mountain route. I stopped at Higashiyama-Ippuku-dokoro to find out more about Japanese green tea production, work in the tea fields, the ecosystem of the […]
5 reasons Japan is the most convenient country
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7-Eleven: One of Japan's many convenient convenience stores
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! In Japan, possibly the most orderly country in the world, convenience is king. Here’s why… 1) Everything runs on time Unlike certain other countries (mentioning no names… *cough*… England) you can actually rely on train and bus timetables in Japan. It’s possible to plan quite a full-on […]