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
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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: 2 minutes The annual family snow trips have been a popular event for us for a while – it’s not too much of a drive (~4.5 hours […] Read More
Reading Time: 1 minute At the tail-end of Golden Week this year (May 5th to be exact) I took part in Touge Express’ 2017 Coast to Coast Twistybutt, an […] Read More
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Fourth Phase is the third snowboard focused film / travelogue from Brain Farm, mainly featuring the ideas and riding of Travis Rice and friends. […] Read More
Reading Time: 6 minutes There’s a little known requirement that you have to go on a full day out on your motorbike within a week of getting it. Actually, […] Read More
Reading Time: 2 minutes A slightly belated greeting into 2016, which we’ll be calling Heisei 28. It’s all about the reign of the Emperors, and is designed to confuse […] Read More
Reading Time: 6 minutes One thing that seems to happen all over the world, are hoaxes and frauds, like Piltdown Man, crop circles and Justin Bieber being a lizard, to […] Read More
Reading Time: 2 minutes Another new year is upon us – 2015, or heisei (平成) 27 by the local system – so Happy New Year, or Akemashite Omedetougozaimasu as […] Read More
Reading Time: 5 minutes I was looking for somewhere different to go on the bike for a few hours, and using a tried, trusted and very scientific method, I […] Read More