Like this post? Help us by sharing it! I remember when the very first Tamagotchi came out in 1996. They were all the rage for a while, then like other fads (think rubiks cubes), they are now gathering dust in the back of wardrobes. However, they did not fade away, like many people think. They […]
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Tsukishima – The Little Village in the Big City
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! You know how it is; you go to certain town city on a pretty regular basis. However you find yourself getting stuck into a rut of going to the same places each time – favourite parts of town, the regular bars, the usual restaurants. That’s kind of […]
Toilet Talk Japanese Style
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Toilet with controls!
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! I was listening to Radio One this morning and Scott Mills was talking about toilets in Japan. I don’t think he did the toilets justice to be honest. The modern Japanese toilets are brilliant and a life saver if you have ever lived in the mountains of […]
10 things not to miss – Part 2
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! 5/ “Harajuku girls you got that wicked style” – Sundays in Harajuku No one has done more to publicise the strange underworld of Japanese youth fashions and culture than Miss Gwen Stefani. After years of international success with her band No Doubt, Gwenni Gwen Gwen decided […]
Finding enlightenment at a Japanese Temple
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Sensoji at the heart of Asakusa
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! I think it goes without saying that the meaning of life isn’t the easiest thing to pin down. People from all corners of the earth have looked to religion and poetry, abstinence and indulgence, and nearly everything in between in the hopes of finding the answers to […]
Japanese Embassy Event – London
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! I went to an event at the Japanese Embassy on Thursday celebrating a selection of World Heritage Photo’s taken by renowned photographer Miyoshi Kazuyoshi. I jumped on the train from Bristol to London to get there in good time for the opening and was looking forward to […]
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! I went to an event at the Japanese Embassy on Thursday celebrating a selection of World Heritage Photo’s taken by renowned photographer Miyoshi Kazuyoshi. I jumped on the train from Bristol to London to get there in good time for the opening and was looking forward to […]