Tokyo Shorts – Kawagoe “Little Edo”
While technically in Saitama rather than Tokyo proper, the small city of Kawagoe (川越) makes for…
Month: July 2013
Tokyo Shorts – Koishikawa Botanical Gardens
On a recent cycle ride around my neighbourhood of Bunkyo in Tokyo I came across a…
Tokyo Shorts – Gokoku-ji Temple
One of the things I enjoy doing in Tokyo is browsing Google Maps for the Buddhist…
Exploring Tainan
After visiting Green Island earlier in the year I took the train around the southern coast…
Tokyo International Forum
Like the stream of identical salary men you see scurrying around at rush hour and the…
Sushiology
If you love sushi then there’s no better place to enjoy it than in its birthplace…