On our second morning in Jeju I got up a little earlier than our departure time and took a walk through the seaside park in Tapdong, in the old part of Jeju City. The weather stayed overcast for this whole tri…
Every time the season changes I make a point of heading out to an outlet mall to do some shopping. I’d been meaning to go again this year too, and then an opportunity suddenly came up, so off I went. Ori…
A friend of mine has an apartment in Asakusa, so I went over there to sort out a place to stay. A glass of Glenlivet Nàdurra My friend was running late, so I waited at a bar nearby over a glass of whisky. T…
Even on a tight travel schedule I still fit in an onsen ryokan. What a busy life this is.. Hamamatsu is about two hours away by Shinkansen. We stayed at an old hotel called Kaishunro, said to be the most famou…
I’d meant to go to the Daejeon concert, the one with no cap on numbers, but work got in the way and I couldn’t. While I was still sulking about it, I heard Assemblyman Chung Bong-ju was holding a p…
These are photos I took one autumn night while wandering around downtown Seoul on a whim. Autumn is so short these days that I wanted to keep something to remember it by. Not sure if they’re any good, I&…
It’s already winter, and I still have about a dozen autumn posts left. Posting a season late somehow takes the pressure off. It’s old news by now, so I figure nobody will mind if I keep the explana…
The first place I visited after arriving in Karuizawa was the Mercian Museum. Those who know Mercian will know it as a brand of inexpensive Japanese wine. The museum is run by Kirin, famous for its beer, and b…
A friend threw a housewarming and invited me and a few others. With the property market in chaos these days, he’s living in a really nice place ^_^ Wine is his hobby, so a few bottles got opened. Perf…
I’ve always been the type who can sleep anywhere, but on this trip I actually put some thought into where to stay. Of all the six-star hotels in Tokyo, the Mandarin was the one I most wanted to try, and …
I spent the weekend at the Seoul Motor Show. Having driven a Honda Legend until last year, I’m not all that interested in ordinary cars, but I still wanted to see with my own eyes what would be worth buy…
I’d heard a rumour that the new international terminal opened around the end of last year, but only now did I finally get to see it. If the old international terminal was on the level of a corner shop, i…