The New Zealand retreat was wonderful! I cooked and ate clean, NZ produce, drank and washed in sweet rainwater, chopped kindling and ...
The New Zealand retreat was wonderful! I cooked and ate clean, NZ produce, drank and washed in sweet rainwater, chopped kindling and ...
This post has been milling about my mind for a while but particularly this month as today approached. I am sure it will not be worded as well as it could be but you will have to forgive me, you will see why below. There are many wonderful things about being an ex-pat, though perhaps ...
When we first came to Nagoya to find a home here it was late May and it was the Summer green of the trees in the street, which filled the view from ...
Our last day in Kyoto was Sunday and the weather finally cleared so it was both safe and worthwhile to get the dslr out. We strolled Gion again (still sweet but ...
Our trip to Kyoto last week was scheduled to catch the first night of the lantern festival in Gion. I'm doing this quick post because the festival is still on and it's well worth a ...
Hello. It's been a looong while, I know. Since returning from Sapporo I've have had all sorts of exciting experiences including a genuine bout of Influenza A (not something one experiences in Australia, really) followed by a delightful secondary chest infection because the Aussie in me didn't think a fever and a bad cough was ...
Happy belated New Year everyone! Superman and I rarely make much of New Years Eve but since we were here in Japan we decided to join in the local tradition of heading to a shrine (that's shrine as in Shinto, not temple as in Buddhist) for the turning of the year. Atsuta Jinja is ...
Tony McNicol is a photojournalist based in Tokyo who has a great blog which covers his experiences both as a photographer and in Japan generally and, of course, always has great photos! ...
Since moving to Nagoya I have, I'm sure like many other expats, become fairly reliant on the Japan Postal Service and they just never let me down! I think I've mentioned before how ...
What does a good short-shorts-wearing, kawaii ("cute", well, cutesy might be closer) girl do in winter so as not to freeze her *%$ off? Of course! Why didn't I think of that? :)
