Went to Japan for a two-week holiday last month. It has taken me a little while to get my act into gear on posting the photos, but an edited selection is now up on Picasa.
This time I went for a drive (first time I’ve ever driven in a foreign country) from Fujisawa to Shimoda to [...]
Oh, this one’s easy because it’s all been done for me. Superfuture lists the most interesting shops and provides (mostly) useful maps (sometimes they leave shops on the map WAY after they’ve gone though. Beats me.)
Tokyo must be a city almost unrivalled in density. Zach, the guy who’s asked me to put down my thoughts about Tokyo, wants to know about places to experience the dense city lifestyle, so the task ought to be easy. But in a city where pretty much everything is dense, where to begin?
To start [...]
So, I went to bed last night and immediately started thinking of all the places to eat in Tokyo that I love, but hadn’t said anything about. So here is (some of) the rest of the list…
Tonkatsu. Tonkatsu is pork fillet crumbed in special Japanese crumbs. It is delicious, and often not done particularly [...]
I was asked recently to come up with a list of places to go in Japan. The person who made the request is going for about two weeks. They want to see/do/eat…
cheap but good food
dense city lifestyle
temples/shrines
beautiful gardens
perhaps some nice scenic coasts
stunning architecture – old and new
shopping
So here’s my recommendations. One a day, starting with…
CHEAP [...]
