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The Edo-Tokyo Museum
The Edo-Tokyo Museum in the Ryogoku district of Tokyo is a museum that details the history and culture of Tokyo during the Edo period. The museum is in a multi-level building with a very interesting...
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More Tom Otterness in Minneapolis!
There’s only about ten more posts remaining from my time in Japan. However, I think it’s a good idea to take a break from talking about Japan every so often to look at something else. Besides, I...
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Shibuya
Most people know Shibuya mostly from images of Shibuya Crossing in movies and tv shows. I’ll get to that in a minute. First, I wanted to talk about Genki Sushi. It’s a chain with several locations...
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Because Japan: Everything’s Kawaii
This post is full of stuff that doesn’t really fit into my entries about specific places or events. I was in Japan for a total of five weeks. In that time, I took nearly 2,500 photographs. This is...
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Tokyo Disneyland
In my third weekend in Japan, I went to Tokyo Disneyland. This was my first visit to a Disney park outside of the United States, despite having been a stones throw from Hong Kong Disney and...
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Tokyo DisneySea
In my third weekend in Japan, I went to both of the Disney theme parks in Tokyo. I’ve already covered Tokyo Disneyland, but the other park was far more interesting to me: Tokyo DisneySea. There...
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Because Japan 2: Engrish, Safety, and Sweetness
Since I took nearly 2,500 photos during my five weeks in Japan, this is another post full of stuff that doesn’t really fit into my entries about specific places or events. As a longstanding fan of...
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Magic City Comic Con, Ten Months Later
It’s good to take a break from the Japan posts every so often. With only five posts left from that trip, this seems like a good time to detour. In January of this year, when I’d been back to the US for...
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Meiji-Jingu and Yoyogi Park
In the vicinity of Shibuya, near the Harajuku station, there is a Shinto shrine called Meiji-Jingu, or the Meiji Shrine. Meiji-Jingu is dedicated to Emperor Meiji and his wife, Empress Shōken. This...
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The Great Buddha of Kamakura
When I went to Hong Kong in 2008, I went to see a very large Buddha on a hill-side. Tian-Tan is 112 feet tall and it sits atop a mountain near a monastery. It’s enormous and amazing, and I was very...
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Yokohama Ramen Museum
On my way back from Kamakura, I stopped in Yokohama to have a quick lunch at the Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum! The Ramen Museum is dedicated to the history of Ramen, the well known chinese noodle dish,...
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The South Florida Railway Museum
Much of the time that I spend with Amelie involves trains. Specifically, we use them to see one another instead of taking the drive. When Amelie comes up to visit me, I usually pick her up here, at...
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Nomikai!
For an officeworker in Japan, the nomikai is a regular part of life. A nomikai is a food and drink party held immediately after the work day ends. They are most often held in restaurants or izakaya,...
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Leaving Japan (via the Skyclub!)
I did a great many things during my five weeks in Japan. There are a few last things that I wanted to do, but I couldn’t schedule everything. I wanted to go to the Ueno Park and Zoo. I was close to it...
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[Retro Post] Stuff That Makes Americans Go “Bwuh?!”
Editor’s Note: What follows is a post which was completely written in April of 2014. For some reason, it languished in my drafts folder for the next twenty months until I just noticed it now. I...
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A bunch of semi-random thoughts in one last post.
My drafts folder is full of tiny little notes about topics that piqued my interest at one time or another. Most of them have been sitting in my drafts folder for months or even years, but I never...
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Chapter Two.
It’s been a little more than two months since my last post. I said that I wasn’t sure if I would come back, and that I had no plans to restart the blog. I’ve come to realize that was short-sighted....
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First Folio and Video Game Art
I’ve always been a big fan of William Shakespeare. Visiting the Globe Theater in London was a highlight of that trip. I like the bard so much that in the early 1990s, I had a costume party for his...
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A Place For My Stuff
I finally got around to viewing some of the commercials from this year’s Superbowl, and this one just left me feeling unsettled. About five months after I got back to the US, I talked about the level...
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Chinese New Year 2016
Amelie and I celebrated February 14th this year in the traditional way… with Chinese food and a dragon dance! The 28th Annual Chinese New Year Festival was observed on the 14th in a big festival at...
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