Behind Bars in Lvshun Prison
Thanks to Dalian’s proximity to Russia (in relative terms, anyway!) and its history which I won’t even claim to know anything about, there remains quite a lot of Soviet influence […]
Thanks to Dalian’s proximity to Russia (in relative terms, anyway!) and its history which I won’t even claim to know anything about, there remains quite a lot of Soviet influence […]
One thing I’ve always wanted to do is to travel long haul in style and having saved a fair bit of money during the last school year, I decided to […]
A picture is apparently worth a thousand words, so instead of writing a few thousand more words about my trip to Tokyo here are some of my favourite pictures from […]
Over the past few years I’ve got into something of a habit of staying at airport hotels when I’ve got an early flight the following day. They’re far from the […]
After living in Tokyo for two years, it’s only natural that the city and its people started to rub off on me in some way or another. Whilst I love […]
It’s funny how things work out sometimes. Back when I arrived in Japan in 2015, one of the first things I did was go to Summer Sonic to see one […]
After two years, plenty of laughs and more food and alcohol than I care to imagine, the time has come for me to leave Japan. It’s an idea that I’ve […]
It recently dawned on me that I’ve been writing this blog for quite a while now – just over four years in fact – since I left home for a […]
With the exception of Summer Sonic when I first arrived in the country, music festivals in Japan are something that have largely passed me by. Working Saturdays doesn’t help as […]
One criticism of myself (although I’m hard pushed to find any if I’m being honest…) is that I’m a little bit too set in my ways with sports. Most will […]