Like this post? Help us by sharing it! By refusing to accept that I needed only the one drink for the road home, the sake dens of Shinjuku had conspired to turn the soft grey evening sky into an over-optimistically bright sunrise. And this was my cue to find a bed for the what remained […]
Only in Japan
Naked Japanese Men
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Just flicking through the channels last night, I came across the strangely familiar sight of naked Japanese men in nappy-like white loin cloths getting drunk and dancing through the streets. This isn’t an R-rated post, it was just one of the many many Japanese festivals which take […]
Toilet Talk Japanese Style
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Toilet with controls!
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! I was listening to Radio One this morning and Scott Mills was talking about toilets in Japan. I don’t think he did the toilets justice to be honest. The modern Japanese toilets are brilliant and a life saver if you have ever lived in the mountains of […]
Japanese cruising boats – cool, or not?
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Japan seems to have a glut of cruising boats themed around ancient sailing vessels. Today I was on a boat a Japanese cruising boat called Kashikojima on the Ise Peninsula called the Espana Cruise, sailing out into the beautiful island-studded Ago Bay. Yet despite a commendable level of […]