Reading Time: 1 minute “Do you have any advice for a traveller?” “Yes, get a beach house. It gives you somewhere to go … a beach house doesn’t even […] Read More
Reading Time: 7 minutes Rather than just review a product, I thought I’d review a whole company and make sweeping and simple recommendations on how to improve their business […] Read More
Reading Time: 1 minute Not often I get to post about a new date ‘era’ or jidai here in Japan, so I might as well. As some may know, […] Read More
Reading Time: 4 minutes Japan has a specific term for abandoned (or even lost) buildings or ruins – haikyo 廃墟. This petrol station (gas station / ガソリンスタンド) was certainly […] Read More
Reading Time: 6 minutes In April 2018 I decided to purchase some Bluetooth based intercom units for use on the motorized bicycle. There’s a huge selection of products available, […] Read More
Reading Time: 5 minutes When I’m out and about I’ll often take a look at my map book to get a rough idea for a route or destination, and […] Read More
Reading Time: 4 minutes Ohisashiburi (long time, no see) Shiga! … well except for our last snow trip there of course, but last year we stayed in the Ichinose […] Read More
Reading Time: 2 minutes I haven’t posted so much over the last year or two, so in 2019 I’ll try to do a monthly post with some some photos […] Read More
Reading Time: 2 minutes “When riding a motorcycle, gloves are important, protecting your hands as well as letting you control quite a few functions on the bike.” – States […] Read More
Reading Time: 9 minutes TL;DR: An awesome 500Km run across Japan, having a great time on bikes with friends before food and beer. No bad way to spend a […] Read More