Neuschwanstein Castle
I spent Christmas 2017 with family in the UK but after the festivities and before the…
Kusuo Yasuda House and Garden
After almost five years of exploring Tokyo (!), it has become increasingly hard to find hidden…
Autumn Around Tokyo
Autumn, and indeed the entire year, seems to have passed in a heartbeat but before we…
Sham Shui Po Day & Night
Crowded, noisy and chaotic by day. Quiet and brooding by night, Sham Shui Po (深水埗) is…
Mount Hotaka Revisited
Having been defeated by the hot weather and the treacherous route we took through the Hotaka…
Kitadake: Japan’s Second Highest Peak
While there are many peaks of a similar height, Kitadake (北岳) takes the crown as the…
Kagurazaka Awa Odori 2017
It’s summer festival season again here in Tokyo and for the second year in a row,…
Scorching Shanghai
With temperatures approaching 40°C, Shanghai is probably not the best city to visit during the summer.…
Japan Alps Art Festival
In June this year, the first-ever Japan Alps Art Festival was held in the city of Omachi (大町市), surrounded by…
The Mysterious Restaurant of Tabegami Sama
Earlier in the year, I had the chance to visit a wonderful interactive exhibition focusing on…
Beijing Retrospective: 10 Years Later
2007 I landed in Beijing on January 29th, 2007 on my first trip to Asia at…
Traversing Jiankou Great Wall
Almost exactly 10 years after I first arrived in Beijing in 2007 I found myself back there…