My Tokyo Shopping Haul
My trips always have a clear purpose, and the main purpose of this Tokyo trip was shopping. On past Tokyo trips I was so busy meeting people that I never had much time to shop properly. This time it was a thre…
My trips always have a clear purpose, and the main purpose of this Tokyo trip was shopping. On past Tokyo trips I was so busy meeting people that I never had much time to shop properly. This time it was a thre…
This time it’s a tour around the city. The royal palace They said it’s gold leaf, and it’s seriously flashy. The vibe is sort of “we have so much money we don’t know what to do…
Maybe because it’s such a big city, Kuala Lumpur didn’t have all that much to see as a tourist. The Twin Towers A truly gorgeous building. The only thing on this trip that actually moved me.. So…
I took a domestic flight to Kuala Lumpur, and honestly it wasn’t much faster than going by bus. I got up early, and still half asleep, the first place I headed to right after arriving was a place called …
Penang has a neighbourhood called George Town where buildings from the old colonial era still stand. It’s apparently a UNESCO World Heritage Site, but after walking around it my honest impression was tha…
I’m always busy, but lately the busyness feels like it’s gone way over the line. I think I’d have to learn how to clone myself to keep up. I can barely find time to go out and eat anywhere, s…
A friend called me out, so I went to Kobe for the first time in a while. It was a day trip, the friend who invited me isn’t exactly a foodie, and it was pouring rain, so it wasn’t the most fulfilli…
As luck would have it, there was a festival going on in Shirokane. I’d been planning to have lunch, but decided to just graze on some street snacks instead. An amateur orchestra playing I can’t …
I headed out to Ebisu for an appointment, and the weather was gorgeous. On a day like this, pretty much any photo you take comes out well. Landscapes, that is. Portraits, not so much. So here are some photos I…
I’ve put together the things I picked up at the Arita Ceramics Fair, mostly for the record. Nothing special… though. A plate with a soft bluish tint I impulse-bought this to serve my stir-fried ch…
We left Arita at 3 p.m. I figured leaving around then would get us there by evening, but I got that wrong. Past Fukuoka there was a traffic jam that dragged on for about 70 km. It would’ve been a lot eas…
The day after hitting Fukuoka, I headed to Arita, famous for its porcelain fair. It’s in Saga Prefecture, but geographically it’s closer to Sasebo. It’s pretty deep in the hills, so I wondere…