With millennial culture taking over, there has been a huge rise in the cafe and art of coffee. In fact, in true generational style, Dan and I are considering setting up ‘coffee shop’ on our return to the UK (whenever that will be…) As the worlds largest city, in is therefore no surprise that Tokyo…
Category: Hobbies
Tattoo Dan
Japan is renowned for its dislike of tattoos. You’ll often see signs indicating they are banned from various places like gyms and onsens (Japanese public baths). It links back to organised crime and the stigma has failed to be shaken off by tattoo loving westerners or alternative Japanese youth. So what better place to ink…
Team LAB / LAN
Dan and I have always called ourselves Team LAN. Get it? It’s and easy one. So when we arrived in Tokyo looking for treats to enjoy of course the *almost the same name* art event by Team LAB called out to us. Plus it is based on Audio Visual tech and, well, you know Dan……
Our First Snowboard
On the first weekend of March, we took off on Friday after work in pursuit of snowy pastures. We had a weekend booked at Geihoku Kokusai in Hiroshima prefecture, and a weekend rental of a cottage and snowboarding equipment…the cottage was an excellent pine cottage in the woods style. But without any Gothic horror vibes….
Setsubun
Setsubun, the day before Japan welcomes spring, and a chance to banish demons and wish for good luck in the coming year. This year we celebrated (for the first time) with our friends at our local shrine in Ayaragi. To ensure good luck for the year, any new years eve decorations need to be burned…
Run Forest Run
On Sunday 10th December Dan and I ran our first (and possibly last…) half marathon! We had put in some good effort training for the run, but had fallen ill at the last hurdle. We suffered various illnesses throughout November, so training took a real hit. Still, we were determined to try our best and…