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On Wednesday evenings after work, I’ve started running around Yoyogi Park with the Namban Rengo running club. Everyone meets up at Oda F....
4 Feb 11:53 pm from mechakucha

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Quick melt

Daylight, and it’s all gone. As I predicted, it didn’t last very long. It would have been nice to experience going to work in the sn....
2 Feb 11:45 pm from mechakucha

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Shibuya in the snow

Shibuya (and no doubt the rest of Tokyo) has been covered with a layer of snow tonight. As I was writing my previous post, it was really b....
2 Feb 1:50 am from mechakucha

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Snowing in Tokyo

It’s snowing in Tokyo!! Tonight, about 3cm (so far, at 11:30pm) has fallen, and things have turned white. I took some photos on my wa....
1 Feb 11:40 pm from mechakucha

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Winter hike to Kawanori-san

On those crisp and clear winter days that Tokyo puts on so well, there’s no better place to be than up a mountain. I was keen to head ou....
26 Jan 11:35 pm from mechakucha

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Akemashite omedeto gozaimasu

A belated happy new year. 新年にあけましておめでとうございます。今年も宜しくお願いしますね。Another year ....
26 Jan 10:47 pm from mechakucha

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Advertising cacophany

Japan can be such a noisy country at times, especially the major retail and commercial districts. I sometimes wonder whether the concept o....
26 Jan 10:24 pm from mechakucha

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Hakuba

I’m on the slopes at Hakuba Cortina resort, ticking a ski lesson with some elementary school kids. How many times will I fall over? ....
23 Jan 2:19 pm from mechakucha

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Ear wax

This is a tragic story, but one that seems so improbable that I couldn’t possibly have made it up. It involves a double murder, a blaze ....
20 Jan 12:06 am from mechakucha

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Yakiniku

Friday night dinner at a yakiniku restaurant. Share: Related posts:Failed mobile phone uploads I’m ha....
15 Jan 9:16 pm from mechakucha

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Renewable energy streetlights

I found these solar and wind powered street lights around Kagurazaka district of Tokyo yesterday. They look pretty clever. Share: ....
11 Jan 7:21 pm from mechakucha

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Creative car parking solution

When you need to find a way to get your car out of the way, why not hoist it up so that you can use all the space underneath? Pity the gar....
10 Jan 9:46 pm from mechakucha

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Boating on the moat

I’m having am enjoyable afternoon boating on the outer moat near Kagurazaka in the winter sunshine. Share: ....
10 Jan 1:41 pm from mechakucha

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Have an adjectival Christmas

Christmas in Japan brings elaborate and beautiful decorations and displays, perhaps even of a higher quality than other countries that tradi....
24 Dec 7:02 am from mechakucha

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Shinkansen day trip

If the weather is clear, the view of Mt Fuji from the Tokaido shinkansen can be very good. I recently had a day trip from Tokyo to Gifu, a....
21 Dec 3:13 pm from mechakucha

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Banana in a bag

My local supermarket sells single bananas, nicely wrapped up in plastic packaging. This banana is labelled “プレシャス” (Preciou....
21 Dec 2:54 pm from mechakucha

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Yoyogi Park didgeridoo players

All sorts of performances and displays can be found in Yoyogi Park on a Sunday afternoon. Even then, I was surprised to find a bit of l....
21 Dec 2:32 pm from mechakucha

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Ginkgo trees

Ginkgo trees (ichou 銀杏) turn a resplendant bright yellow in autumn. The ginkgo trees in Hibiya Park are looking rather impressive this....
1 Dec 11:56 pm from mechakucha

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Political sound trucks

On my way from the office yesterday, I found the Japanese opposition leader, Mr Tanigaki, atop a minibus parked outside Shimbashi Station, ....
1 Dec 11:41 pm from mechakucha

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Vivid autumn in Nara

The Japanese love their four seasons. So unique, some people apparently think, that I’ve sometimes been asked whether or not my country....
1 Dec 11:27 pm from mechakucha

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Unagi restaurant

A week or so ago, I went with friends to a old Edo era restaurant, in a kura style building. It was just near Tokyo Tower, which for some r....
24 Nov 8:25 pm from mechakucha

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Traffic jam to the mountaintop

I’m sure many people could smugly tell me that a sunny Sunday in the peak of autumn is NOT the right day to visit Hakone for solitude. ....
17 Nov 11:32 pm from mechakucha

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Through the snow to the Falcon’s Nest

Ever wanted a falcon’s view of Mt Fuji and the surrounding ranges? Takanosu-yama (鷹ノ巣山) – translated as Falcon’s Nest Moun....
12 Nov 1:01 am from mechakucha

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Motomachi in Yokohama – old foreign quarter

On Halloween, that spooky foreign day on which all Japanese kids seem to dress up in super cute witches and warlocks costumes, I headed do....
12 Nov 12:13 am from mechakucha

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