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
I’ll be disappearing for 3 days this weekend, to go snowboarding in Hakuba. Resort reports claim it’s drowning in powder which sounds great! Definitely looking […] Read More
Well, despite a low snow fall rate here in Japan so far this winter, I managed to get three days in at Niseko in Hokkaido […] Read More
Just a quick note that this month Brightblack celebrates it’s 7th birthday. Thanks to everyone who has checked out my site, linked to it, sent […] Read More
Just days before my first snow board trip next Monday, and it finally looks like the winter is here. The snow has been later than […] Read More
After a few years here in Japan, I finally got around to sorting out my Japanese driver’s license. To be honest, in most cases, driving […] Read More
Just a couple of weeks after Tokyo Mayor Ishihara – one of my favourite people – condemned the Chinese rocket programme as using old technology, […] Read More
Well, it’s been 6 months since I got my 15GB iPod, and so far I have just over 2100 songs on it. I’m loving this […] Read More
Quick note – another earthquake at 4am this morning, which we successfully slept through. A friend who lives on the 28th floor of his apartment […] Read More
As most people will know, Koizumi-san won his election on Sunday, but not by as much as many suspected. For an overview of what the […] Read More