The Courtesan Parade (Parade of Oiran) in Ōsu – courtesan and bodyguards. Vegeboys know it’s true Noge Daidogei street performance...

You are here. There are no Exits. Hey A., Congratulations. You’re about to embark on an experience like no other, like Alice (in...

Ask any party-going resident of Fukui-ken, on the coast of the Sea of Japan, and they must say the Halloween train party is the best...

My Japanese was coming along slowly. The more I studied the more I felt this would kill me. I thought I was on the verge of a...

Just pulled myself from the bog I plod through, after returning from vacation. I had conversations with more Filipinos in two days than...

Ultimately evolving into bedlam, I chose the only photos from these EPIC Open Mic Winter Parties that don’t clearly show faces…but you...

It’s best to do a search based on your particular interests, since Seoul has a lot to offer. I liked that people sat in available spaces...

In an email to a Japanese Teacher of English (JTE) I wrote: Thanks for taking the time again. I understood everything you said, and it...

MURDUH IN DE MARKET! MURDUH! (murduh!) De Massiah cometh! Mistress! How you?! Sooooo good to hear you! Life does get in de way of keeping...

FAINT?! You were with her? Where did it happen? In the bath? At the table? What did uncle Michael say? It hasn’t happened again, right?...

17 Sept 2012, 11:01 R***! Australia Australia…. Initially, I was uncertain how I felt being there, my presence supporting another ongoing...

There was an event last Friday for the new residents of Casa La Vita (the name of the apartment blocks where I live). Sometimes I wonder...

Praises be to Rihanna for vacation time and something called ‘nenkyo’, a number of days per year you are allowed to take off, although it...

You can’t go to Osaka and not visit Spa World. It was my go to for cheap post-night-out accommodation at 1000 yen (about 9 US) once you...

You haven’t been hearing from me, so you know I’m on the cusp of being found skinny dipping in a rice field. It’s mostly the...

Throes of Spring (the above photo was taken from my bedroom window) It’s been on my mind to send you a ten minute distraction from living...

We drove to Nagano (five hours from Echizen-shi) for the weekend – I took my half-day Friday off (something called ‘nenkyo‘ that totals...

Normally it’d depend on what you want to see, but since I work here, it depends on when I’m free to accompany you. While there are a host...

People I haven’t heard from in years wrote on my Facebook page to find out if the Fukushima earthquake ate me – people like Jennifer...

Bearing in mind that ten minutes is all you need when you’re from the tropics, inspired by my first experience of winter – the different...