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When someone asks me: what is the best time to visit Japan" I’m very reluctant to give a clear answer since I’ve come to realize that Japan is bea...
I love what my two friends Etienne and Morgan have done after quitting their corporate jobs.
They created Material Matcha Uji, one of the most disrupt...
My friend Matthew Baxter, who writes at his blog Supercheapjapan has just published his first book. Congratulations! I’ve read the book and I love i...
The bridge of Togetsu (In Japanese written with the characters ? ? ?: crossing, moon, bridge) is one of the most emblematic of Kyoto. With its 155 met...
The T?fukuji (? ??, T?fukuji) is a zen temple in southeastern Kyoto. Its pavilions are surrounded by a huge green area, it is beautiful all over the y...
We went for a walk to Yokosuka, it is one of those places that don’t usually show up in travel guides. We are a bunch of nerds so we decided to find...
Over the last 14 years I’ve visited the zen garden Ryoanji (???) several times. I love that every time I visit this beautiful dry garden (karesan-su...
At the shintoist shrine of Atago (Tokyo, Minato-ku) they have installed a system that allows the visitors to donate money using their electronic walle...
Shinjuku ?? is my favorite area in Tokyo. I’ve been taking pictures of Shinjuku since 2004. During these 13 years I’ve seen this neibourhood trans...
After visiting the Dobuita street we walked to the seaside. The water was clear and sarushima could be seen in the horizon ?? (?:monkey, ?:island)… ...
I’m very happy to announce you that my new book has just been published in English. It is very different from A Geek in Japan, instead of trying to ...
Walking around Yokosuka we found a restaurant where they have two different hamburgers on their menu: the Trump burger and the Obama burger. The Trum...
After visiting Shirakawa-go we went north all up the way until Fukui. It was my first time in Fukui prefecture. We decided to only visit Fukui City, i...
One of the first things that surprised me when I arrived to Japan was how much of the daily life inside houses happens laying down on the floor. Once ...
?????????Sure, you can get a drink in gay bar most anywhere in the world. Wherever there?s a gay nightlife, there are low-key bars, pulsating clubs, cruisy joints, and just about everything in between. But does your hometown have a gay bar where... -
Japanese steakhouses serve garlic rice after the meal, and many of them cook teppanyaki style (preparing the meal on a grill in front of you). It’s really fun to watch and be served by the chef moments after he cooks it for you!
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It gives me great pleasure to announce that the first ever anime licensed character for Smart Doll will be Nishizumi Miho of Girls Und Panzer who is due to be released on October 23rd - her birthday!
We plan to sell Miho at our online store and... -
July marks the start of summer festival season, so while festival mania won’t have hit fever pitch quite yet by then, we’d say that July should be more eventful than rainy and humid June. For starters, many fireworks festivals?including the... -
????I was talking to a colleague today about tidying up, and she said that her secret to keeping things tidy at home was to keep only those things that did something for her, that awoke something in her, or, as she put it in Japanese, kokoro... -
Bizcocho de manzana y avenaUfffff ..... casi un mes sin publicar!. Este bizcocho ha costado mucho sacarlo adelante, varios intentos fallidos, uno detrás de otro, y si no sale perfecto, yo prefiero no publicar la receta. Al fin y al cabo, este es mi... -
Ever since I started the “Dating in Japan” series people kept asking me about how and where to find a Japanese partner, especially when living outside of Japan. So, I figured I should at least share my personal experience a bit.
Regular readers... -
