Matsushima, Japan. Matsu is the name of the type of tree that grows on the islands and ‘shima’ means Island. There are dozens of little islands like these, all over the bay. It’s breathtakingly beautiful. Some Good News I’ve had the last week off and spent a relaxing few days at my friend’s grandmother’s house… Read More Quick Update On My Life: Sendai, Mount Fuji and I’m Going to be in a Magazine!

If ‘three’s a crowd’ then the the word ‘crowded’ doesn’t even begin to describe Tokyo and it’s 11 million inhabitants, (35 million in the greater metropolitan area). It’s fascinatingly congested, in a ‘wow, how are they going to manage to squeeze that overweight tourist and his overstuffed suitcases into this already jam-packed train?’ sort of… Read More Drowning in a Sea of Humanity, or, A Typical Day in Tokyo

Me and Some Friends Karaoke-ing in Shinjuku, Tokyo. I was looking over some of my past posts, and I realize that they all have one thing in common: They’re all sort of on the negative, depressing side. I think that has mainly to do with the fact that the only time I feel moved to… Read More Its Not All That Bad, Really