or – Is “Limited Edition” Just A Clever Marketing Ploy? Japan is the Land of Limited Edition Food. Not only are fruit and vegetables seasonal, so are KitKats, cakes, Haagen Daz ice cream, various chips / crisps, general candies / […]
It’s Spring Equinox, a Sunday, so those in Japan have Monday as a public holiday. I have never lived anywhere that celebrates a change in season in quite the same way as the people of Japan. It’s more than just […]
Voltage in Japan is 100 volts, Hong Kong is 220 volts and Australia is 240 volts. This is not a problem until whatever appliance that is being used needs a bit of real power to perform optimally. I knew the […]
I’m scared. I have the luxury of time to not have a fight or flight response kick in straight away so I have decided to think this through rationally. A lot of fear tends to be irrational so in my […]
I experienced my first earthquake in Japan on Friday. Since I’d only been in one earthquake previously, and my experience of it was little more than a slight shake, I had been wondering what to expect for something a bit […]
It is no secret, I have a bit of a soft spot for Japan. In fact, when I returned from my three month trip after my last role, I decided that I would search for work in Tokyo, Shanghai and […]
There are so many things I like about Japan that it is one of the countries that I visit as much as I can. Every time, I learn something new and am surprised by something else. I like being somewhere […]
With ‘go hard or go home’ again the battle cry, we skied / snowboarded the slopes of Japan with the Landlords (same as last January). Mrs Landlord (aka de facto Japanese tour guide) had researched the slopes and accommodation to […]
Why is it the years go faster the older I get? New Year’s saw me pondering this again as I gingerly pulled myself out of bed on the first for a Japanese celebration at midday. The Japanese celebrate on the […]
Sumo wrestlers are surprisingly flexible and light on their feet. They are more muscle than fat. We were lucky enough to have access to the equivalent of box seats for the final day of the New Year Grand Tournament – […]