A foot of snow fell between yesterday and this morning. I think there was a foot. If there wasn’t, well, I just had been wanting to say that. But there was a lot of snow. Too much. At this point, I can safely say I don’t care for another 1/16 inch of snow. I’m hoping [...]
I can now truly empathise with the tourists who flock to Singapore during winter in their respective countries. This week brings a forecast of negative maximum temperatures, and that, I find laugable, because the word ‘maximum’, while still being factually accountable, has lost its relevance. What use is a maximum temperature forecast if it lingers [...]
Saturday nights like tonight get me wondering, of what it would be like at home, or on a night’s out at the movies followed by supper(s), or how the Internet looks like, or whether I would take an earlier flight back if such a chance arises. Saturday nights, without a book and with the exhaustion [...]
Heard, with disbelief and slight fear, on the news that it hasn’t even started snowing properly yet. There isn’t a lot of snow in Sapporo so far, but I have seen snow covered roads on the news in other parts of Hokkaido, so I just thought that perhaps the city doesn’t get much snowfall anyway. [...]
Somewhere in the Wikitravel entry for Okayama lies a suggestion: cycle the Kibi plain. So on the second day of my being in Okayama, I found myself, ever the avid optimist, at the Bizen Ichinomiya bike rental and handing over a ¥1000 bill in exchange for a bicycle and a route map. “どのぐらいかかりますか。” “まあ、二時間でできると思う。ゆっくりなら、4時間かもね。” (“How [...]
What have I seen of Sapporo so far? Frankly, not that much in terms of sightseeing destinations. Instead, I know the layout of the supermarket fairly well. And chicken is ¥118 per 100 grams this week. But, I know that I like this city. I like that though it is cloudy most of the time, [...]
The presence of a kitchenette in my room here in Sapporo has brought about quite a few changes in my travel lifestyle. Like, for instance, in five days, I found myself making four trips to the nearby supermarket. Like, for instance again, I found myself imagining possible recipes and wishing that I have perhaps an [...]
Currently seated at one of Haneda airport’s personal computer desks charging the phone. Also just paid a very reasonable ¥200 for five hours of wifi access, so I can find out how I should get to my next lodging. I left Okayama at ten yesterday morning for Kobe where I just sat around and read [...]
Nagasaki photos I spent a lovely four days in the city of Nagasaki. For some reason, I managed to find myself at the Dejima Wharf every single day. I sought it out the first day when I was looking for the harbour terminal, and it was so lovely out there that when I got bored [...]
Photos of Kumamoto