Going to the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka is almost as difficult as getting into the Emperors palace. There’s no way to buy tickets at the door and even buying them in advance is tough. The easiest way to get them is to go to a Lawsons combini (at a quiet time) and ask the shopkeeper [...]
After reading lots of impassioned accounts of the slick writing and general goodness of the Pilot G2 gel ink pen, I was passing by the stationary shop at work and decided on impulse to pop in and see if they had any. I bought one for ¥168, looking forward to seeing how much those American [...]
Last weekend I went into my local bookstore after work and found a great new magazine there called Baburu Kenchiku Go! It’s all about architecture made around the time of the Japanese Bubble years, from the mid-80s to the early 90s. The buildings built then show a great optimism and willingness to experiment, but also [...]
I’ve been concerned about how my map of japan wasn’t showing up properly in google, so I decided to do some Search Engine Optimization. Some of the changes are things I should have done from the start, but it’s nice to finally get them out of the way.
The first change was to add a meta [...]
When my keyboard died, a few years ago, from a glass of wine spilled on it, I decided that it was time to get a nice feeling board that would let me type fast and accurately. At that stage, my main computer was a PC I had built myself from parts bought in Akihabara. I [...]
Once Upon a Time, A Long Time Ago, I was standing in Inage-Kaigan station waiting for a train. It takes a long time there for a train to come, and all there is to entertain you is the pi-pong noise telling blind people where the stairs are. Japanese train stations are special places, where the [...]
I uploaded some photos I took at the Prada store in Aoyama, Tokyo on the weekend and I wanted an easy way to display them here. For the last post, I went to each photo on Flickr and grabbed the link text it gave me. It was OK for 5 photos, but I could [...]
I’ve sent plenty of big strange packages from Japan, and it’s always been pretty cheap and easy to do. One time, the post office lady spent ten minutes helping me to reduce a package by 20 grammes so I could send it at a lower cost. Another time, I sent an entire Kotatsu with a [...]
These guys are playing at Super Deluxe all next week, October 1st to 8th. Looks like it’s going to be a pretty radical gig!
Hardcore Chamber Music
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