Today’s Levitation
Back in 2011 I wrote about Natsumi Hayashi, the Japanese girl who takes seemingly impossible photos of herself floating in various places around Tokyo, and then posted…
Read articleUser Experience Lost in Translation
Above is the gas supply control panel in the apartment I’m staying at in Tokyo. Assuming you don’t read Japanese, how would you go about turning it…
Read articleRandomwire Moves To Tokyo
Usually at the beginning of each year I write a ’new years resolutions’ post, but not in 2013 because the latter half of 2012 had been very…
Read articleKamakura Photo Walk – Afternoon
After my morning walk I decided to head to the lesser-visited eastern edge of Kamakura and then make my way back on foot to the center…
Read articleKamakura Temple Walk – Morning
50km south-west of Tokyo lies the small city of Kamakura (鎌倉市). Once the political capital of Japan during the Kamakura shogunate (a feudal military government), today it’s a…
Read articleA Week in Tokyo Part 8 – Sugamo
While Harajuku and Shibuya are squarely aimed at the younger generations in Tokyo, it’s easy to forget that Japan has an ageing population with more than…
Read articleDancing With Light
Japanese artists seem to have become extremely adept at combining motion graphics, projection, and live-action choreographed dance into some mesmerising acts which caught my attention over…
Read articleA Week in Tokyo Part 7 – Yokohama
During my week in Japan last November I took a couple of trips outside the capital to nearby cities, the first being to Yokohama (横浜市) which…
Read articleA Week in Tokyo Part 6 – Ueno & Akihabara
After a day of prolonged meetings in Tokyo I found myself in the northeastern district of Taitō (台東) and decided to spend the evening looking around…
Read articleA Week in Tokyo Part 5 – Marushizu in Tsukiji
Not far from Tokyo’s frenetic Tsukiji Fish Market can be found Marushizu (丸静) – one of the best places to eat fresh grilled eel, known as unagi…
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