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Samurai feast at Sengoku Buyuuden Cafe!
Apparently, I am so obsessed with samurai that I will literally travel to the other side of the world to visit the Sengoku Buyuuden cafe, a samurai themed cafe in Tokyo. The Sengoku era, otherwise...
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Weird finds in Akihabara and Ikebukuro!
It’s a well known fact that Japan has plenty of ‘weird’ stuff, and many of those things happen to be in Tokyo. So, I decided a load of holiday photos from Akihabara and Ikebukuro would be a nice way to...
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Oana blogs: The Moomin Cafe!
Today’s guest blog is from my fabulous travel buddy Oana, who I spent two amazing weeks with in Japan! I roped her into doing some blogging, so here’s her first one about a trip to the Moomin Cafe in...
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Book review: Number 9 Dream
Number 9 Dream is the second novel from David Mitchell, he of Cloud Atlas fame. He spent a few years travelling around Japan before he became a published writer, and you can see he got a lot of his...
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Mochi and coconuts at Tokyo Nights!
Hidden away behind behind some high rise buildings in East London is a little slice of Tokyo. Every Thursday to Sunday until 19th December the Red Market on Old Street has been transformed into a...
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Reading ‘Tokyo’ by Nicholas Hogg
I recently won several books in a competition held by Love Japan Magazine, which is basically the best kind of prize I could ever win (next to an actual trip to Japan). I was spoiled for choice with...
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Reading ‘Slow Boat’ by Hideo Furukawa
Japanese literature fans may already be aware that Pushkin Press has been releasing a series of Japanese novellas this year. The latest of these releases is Hideo Furukawa’s Slow Boat, a story of a man...
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Reading ‘Tokyo Tales: A Collection of Japanese Short Stories’
The challenge in writing short stories is quite different to writing a full-length novel. You have less pages to not only develop the story but also the character, the narrative and the reader’s...
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Interview with Morgan de Laporte
From 15 – 31 August, Sway Gallery will be hosting Daydreaming – a Japanese motion, a photography exhibition from French photographer Morgan de Laporte. I caught up with Morgan ahead of the exhibition’s...
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Matcha treats from Tokyo Direct
If you follow me on Twitter you’ll probably know I’m a big fan of matcha – whether it’s a proper frothy cup at a tea ceremony, matcha latte or matcha cake. You can guess I’d be pleased to receive a...
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