This is exciting news I got today from Hobonichi online store… Breaking News! Special Collaboration Announcement ONE PIECE magazine Edition Hobonichi Techo Book & Cover Now in Production...
Book: Scattered All Over the Earth by Yōko Tawada
Picked up recently a new book on my Kindle and starting to read it today: A mind-expanding, cheerfully dystopian new novel by Yoko Tawada, winner of the National Book Award. Welcome to the not-too...
Overlooking Kyoto
It was one those beautiful day where I stopped to admire the cityscape of Kyoto as sun was picking through the clouds.
Fushimi Inari-taisha
Torii path at Fushimi Inari-Taisha Shrine, which is the head shrine of the kami Inari, located in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The shrine sits at the base of a mountain also named...
Akihabara (秋葉原)
Akihabara (秋葉原), also called Akiba after a former local shrine, is a district in central Tokyo that is famous for its many electronics shops. If you are into electronics, you will love this place...
Todaiji (東大寺)
Todaiji (東大寺, Tōdaiji, “Great Eastern Temple“) is one of Japan’s most famous and historically significant templesand a landmark of Nara. I have been there couple of times recently...
Streets of Naha in Okinawa
There is this similarity between Naha and Waikiki in Hawaii. Both have this American feeling to it, but you cannot be surprised by it given how many Americans are in Okinawa because of military bases...
Meanwhile in Kyoto
Bunch of girls chatting about something and showing it on the phone. Just a moment captured on the streets of Kyoto late in the evening.
Streets of Kyoto
Lovely, quiet street in Kyoto, Japan. I love strolling around residential areas of the city. There are so many cute houses…
Kenrokuen Garden in Kanazawa, Japan
This garden opened to the public in 1871, Kenrokuen features a variety of flowering trees which provide the garden with a different look for each season. It is a must-see place in Japan.