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Asia Book Review

Although I enjoy books, I’m a glacially slow reader and in a normal year…
Beijing, Culture, History, Hong Kong, Japan, Shanghai 1st January 202118th January 2021 Comments 0 3 min read

Pilgrimage Photo Book Published

Having complete…
Japan, Photography, Shikoku 3rd September 2016 Comment 1 1 min read

Pilgrimage Photo Book Preview

Over the past month since I completed the Shikoku Pilgrimage I’ve been busy putting…
Japan, Photography, Shikoku 2nd August 201613th September 2016 Comments 3 1 min read

Murakami’s Tokyo: Part 3 — Otherworldly

All this week we’re celebrating the release of the English translation of Haruki Murakami’s…
Culture, Japan 13th August 20144th September 2018 Comments 14 8 min read

Murakami’s Tokyo: Part 2 — Jazz

All this week we’re celebrating the release of the English translation of Haruki Murakami’s…
Culture, Japan 12th August 201413th August 2014 Comments 3 7 min read

Murakami’s Tokyo: Part 1 — Beginnings

Even at a time like this, the street is bright enough and filled with…
Culture, Japan 11th August 201413th August 2014 Comments 11 6 min read

Murakami is Coming

To celebrate the release of the English translation of Haruki Murakami’s latest novel, Colorless…
Culture, Japan 7th August 20148th August 2014 Comment 1

Haruki Murakami and the Japanese Mind

Walking home the other evening, a man passed me on a bicycle with a cat…
Culture, Japan 11th May 201420th February 2020 Comments 0 2 min read

Book Off

Secondhand books are big business in Japan and nationwide you’ll find the somewhat aggressively…
Japan 9th March 201420th April 2014 Comments 2 1 min read

Getting Lost in Haruki Murakami’s ‘Town of Cats’

Book reviews are not usually my thing, but having recently finished Haruki Murakami’s epic three-volume…
Japan, Taiwan, Travel 21st April 20129th August 2014 Comments 3 6 min read

The First Global Revolution?

I came across this fascinating diagram in a 1991 report titled ‘The First Global Revolution‘ from…
Future, Technology 20th January 20109th August 2014 Comments 0 3 min read

Chinese Business Etiquette Book

Whilst browsing a pile of stray Chinese books at work the other day I…
China 28th October 200926th February 2016 Comments 0 1 min read

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