Friday, 28 Nov 2008 | Views [6798]
Arriving in Hiroshima by a super fast shinkansen, the first surprise was the size of the city. It's quite big - the population's over a million. Otherwise, on the surface it seems very much like any other city in Japan. You see this type ... Read more >
Tags: aso-san, beppu, fukuoka, hiroshima, japan
Tuesday, 18 Nov 2008 | Views [3065] | Video
My robotic hopes in Nagoya were sadly dashed by the fact that the museum closed recently due to lack of interest. I can't believe that anyone would not be interested in a building full of walking and probably talking robots, but there we are. I ... Read more >
Tags: japan, kanazawa, kyoto, osaka, takayama, toilet
Saturday, 8 Nov 2008 | Views [7486]
Konnichiwa! I foolishly arrived in
Japan knowing only one word in Japanese, and since that was
'sayonara' ('goodbye'), it wasn't exactly the most useful starting
point for a conversation! But though English isn't very confidently spoken ... Read more >
Tags: japan, nikko, rail pass, tokyo
