As those of us who live in Japan know on a day to day basis (and have done for some time), jobs in Japan are […] Read More
This story on the excellent Register website was a bit scary – Softbank Japan admit they may have released 4,500,000 currenty and former customers of […] Read More
I just found an image I took with my mobile phone’s camera (keitai camera – Sony Ericsson A5402S) at sunset when I went to Shiga […] Read More
Even though I’ve been snowboarding here in Japan for over four years, it’s always nice to try a new resort out, which is what we […] Read More
Bit of history here – 100 years since the Japan – Russia Conflict. Interesting as much for the web of deals and agreements which littered […] Read More
Good news from last week is that Cory Doctorow has released a new book – ‘Eastern Standard Tribe‘. For those who have never heard of […] Read More
Yes, another report of snowboarding. We spent the last weekend at Minamikan Prince Hotel in Shiga Kogen, Nagano-ken. It’s a bit of a favourite resort […] Read More
Very belated update that I was snowboarding in Shiga Kogen last weekend, staying in the Villa Ichinose hotel in Ichinose village. For once, the roads […] Read More
One game I picked up for us this Xmas for the Playstation 2 was ‘Taiko no Tatsujin‘ (Taiko Drum Master), which is a simple game, […] Read More
After a break, I got back into doing the temple thing during ‘O-shogatsu’ (the Japanese New Year celebrations), and what better place to do it […] Read More