Like this post? Help us by sharing it! A good tour of Japan should always include a visit to the Mecca for gamers. Often just called ‘Gai-sen’ (ゲーセン) by the younger patrons, the ‘Game Center‘ (ゲームセンター) is like our good old Video arcades… but on steroids. From Sapporo to Nagasaki, people flock into windowless, five […]
Places & Where To Stay
Temples of Kyoto – Kodaiji
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The view from Kodaiji
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! With 16000 temples and over 400 shrines, Kyoto has no shortage of places to visit. In fact, the hardest part about coming here on holiday is trying to figure out which sites you should go out of your way to see and which ones you should leave […]
A Kichijoji Sunday
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! To stroll around Kichijoji on a Sunday is to participate in a Tokyo ritual. I spend most of my Sundays there. Enjoying their day off, thousands of relaxing Tokyoites come to wander its park, lake and hundreds of stores and restaurants. There is a festive, albeit Sunday-sober, atmosphere, and […]
Stocktaking the weird: A walk around Nakano Broadway
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Huge manga collection is a big draw for locals
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Nakano Broadway sells nothing useful. Like Akihabara, its east Tokyo rival, it sells large quantities of bizarre manga and anime spin-off novelty items. Unlike Akihabara, which at least manages to sell some useful things, (TVs, cameras, computers, etc) in Nakano its all useless. Much of the bin […]
Where to find an onsen in Kurashiki – Ebisu-yu
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Ebisu-yu, Kurashiki After my mammoth ride through Shikoku (mammoth for me anyway) I ventured to Kurashiki for a one night stay in this historic town. This was my first visit and I was not disappointed. Kurashiki really is very charming and would definitely make an enjoyable one […]
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Ebisu-yu, Kurashiki After my mammoth ride through Shikoku (mammoth for me anyway) I ventured to Kurashiki for a one night stay in this historic town. This was my first visit and I was not disappointed. Kurashiki really is very charming and would definitely make an enjoyable one […]