Sorry for such a long absence! The last month and a bit has been very busy with a fantastic 10 day visit from my parents, never ending mountains of work, and a trip up to Niigata for a weekend of snowboarding! Seeing my parents was a really nice break and we managed to cram a [...]
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Tokyo: 24/7/365
Posted in Around Japan, tagged AgeHa, crowded, gaijin, halloween, harajuku, last train home, london, nagoya, onsen, purikura, ramen, roppongi, shibuya, shinkansen, shopping, SOAS, Tokyo, tokyo tower on November 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This weekend was a blur. A very overwhelming blur! Even though I’d been told countless times that Tokyo is a very hectic place, nothing could have really prepared me for quite how crazy it is! Its like London on acid; so much bigger, buildings which touch the sky as far as the eye can see [...]
Shoes and Shinkansen
Posted in Around Japan, tagged geisha, harajuku, japan, japanese, recessionista, shinkansen, shoes, Sing Star, superglue, Tokyo on October 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
After being held a Sing Star* hostage for an hour by two of my rather drunk friends, I decided to escape and pack for Tokyo. I’m leaving tomorrow afternoon for a 5 day mini-break with 2 of my girlfriends over the University Festival weekend. Its going to be my first time on Shinkansen and in [...]







