On some days I just do a short post that primarily revolves around a favourite photo without much accompanying text. This picture was taken during as the plane I was on was about to arrive at Haneda Airport in January 2020. Little did I imagine that this would be my last trip to Japan for…
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Favourite Photos: Oyodo River at Sunset
On some days I just do a short post that primarily revolves around a favourite photo without much accompanying text. This picture was taken during a trip to Japan in 2013. It is a view of the Oyodo River (王淀川) in Miyazaki (宮崎). The picture is one of a series of pictures that I took…
Favourite Places in Japan: Kagoshima
Continuing with my posts about my favourite places in Japan, I’m writing about Kagoshima (鹿児島). I have been to Kagoshima many times, having first gone there in 1992 when I travelled around much of Japan (including all of the four main islands) on JR Passes. When I first went I didn’t like Kagoshima much, but…
Favourite Photos: Hakodate Airport
On some days I am going to just do a short post that primarily revolves around a favourite photo without much accompanying text. This picture was taken at Hakodate Airport back in 2013. I have also included this photo in a post that I did about Hakodate. As I wrote there, what I like is…
Favourite Places in Japan: Naka-Itabashi
I believe that this is my 400th blog post. Given that I have been writing about my favourite shinkansen recently, it would have been appropriate to write about the 400 series – but I’m trying to do those posts in order and I wasn’t ready to get to that shinkansen yet. Perhaps I could even…
Favourite Places in Japan: Seto
Continuing with my posts about my favourite places in Japan, I’m going to write a bit about another – Seto (瀬戸市) in Aichi. As many people assume that you are talking about the Seto Inland Sea when the name ‘Seto’ is mentioned, it is common to refer to Seto not only as Seto city, but…
Book Review: “An Affair with a Village” by Joy Hendry
Back in the relatively early days of COVID-19 lockdowns, I attended a webinar by Joy Hendry on her ‘affair with a village’. It was not that the webinar was based on a book that would be coming out. The book came out earlier in 2021 and I have just finished reading it. As I have…
“Tokyo 20/20 Vision” and “FOUR” are now available as Hard Backs
If you prefer hard back books, Tokyo 20/20 Vision and FOUR are now available in these formats. To get them follow these links – Tokyo 20/20 Vision, FOUR.
Favourite Poems – Because of You
After my post about Pleasuredome, sorry, Kubla Khan, this is the second post about my favourite poems. Being someone who specialises in Japan, you probably would be expecting me to include a haiku. This one is as close as you are going to get. Unlike Kubla Khan, this poem is completely different and, at least…
EBooks of “Tokyo 20/20 Vision” and “FOUR” Free for a Limited Time
This weekend I turn 50 and although my Japan influence (amongst other reasons) says that 60 is a more significant milestone, 50 is (apparently) a ‘big one’. So you can join in with my celebrations, the eBooks of my novels Tokyo 20/20 Vision and FOUR are FREE from 30 April to 4 May (2021) (starting/ending…
Kashiwa Sushi: From Favourite Sushi Restaurant to Memorialising it in a Novel
I have done a number of posts about places that have featured in my novels – all of them can be found listed on the pages about the respective novels, listed here. Sometimes when I am planning the novel, I already have locations in mind – although I may still go there (again) to double…
Nostalgia and Computer Games
Growing up in the 1980s, I was amongst the first generation that had some form of computer games to play with. I had a ZX Spectrum and used to spend many hours on it when I was at home – and even more when I got my own TV (albeit a black and white one)….
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