Jun 21, 2016 | Commentary, Experiences, Photography, Tokyo
TOKYO: 18 YEARS LATER 1997~2015 By no means am I “old,” though I am without question getting older. Subtle heralds of this fact make their unwelcome presence known from time to time. Things such as not being able to drink all night and be completely hangover...
Sep 22, 2015 | Photography, Tokyo
As promised, this will be the last post of backdated Tokyo photos, this time all of them coming from the immediate vicinity of the temporary apartment Mary and I stayed in for the few months we were there. Not a lot of commentary this time around, I think I’ve...
Sep 19, 2015 | Photography, Tokyo
It’s been 4 months since we left our temporary apartment in Tokyo and moved to Sendai and yet here I am <em>still</em> getting through all the photos I took there. It’s certainly a little ridiculous so I’m going to put these out of their...
Sep 10, 2015 | Photography, Tokyo
For a quick little update today, we’ve got this amazing old bike I came across back in Tokyo while taking a back street home from the grocery store. There’s a bit more info about the company that made it, Yamaguchi Bicycle, along with pics of the model...
Sep 1, 2015 | Food, Raves, Reviews, Tokyo
There’s lots to like about eating out in Japan. Aside from the seemingly infinite variety and general high-quality of the food itself, there’s a lot to be said for how often I find the locale itself will add to the experience. Due to its relative scarcity,...
Aug 28, 2015 | Photography, Tokyo
Sometime during our first few weeks in Ikebukuro I started noticing that I was seeing the same face over and over. As I pushed around new corners and backstreets in an effort to explore, it was almost inevitable that I’d see that face somewhere before too long....