Well I thought it was about time I told you about some of the weird, wonderful and just downright disturbing stuff I’ve seen in Tokyo! But 1st a quick new years update! New Years Eve - Deciding what to do on New Year’s Eve was a tricky one! Option 1 - a traditional Japanese new years visiting a shrine, option 2 - a traditional English new years visiting the pub. In the end I opted for option 2 followed by option 1! I’ve made a little film of the night (approx 6 mins) which u can view by copying and pasting [View Full Entry]

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For weeks Christmas lights have been up, carols and jingles have been playing in shops and pubs, and department stores have been decked out with Christmas trees, bells and holly. But Japan has been teasing me. Yesterday there was no Christmas! You see Japan embraces all things Christmas (in its own, sometimes odd way), apart from Christmas day itself! So I spent yesterday sat at my desk in my office passing the time with a cup of green tea (oh how I missed my martini’s) daydreaming about Christmases long gone. The roaring fire in the front room, the smell of pine [View Full Entry]

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This weeks exciting instalment comes at you in video form! Welcome to my house... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6NAfJXs8do (copy and paste into browser) [View Full Entry]

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On October 29th I started my new job at Eishin Foods Co Ltd in Tokyo. Eishin Foods was founded in 1994 and since then it has established itself as one of Japans leading crab meat and sushi neta suppliers. It is currently the 10th largest supplier in terms of volume dealing with over 200 traditional sushi restaurants, large restaurants, supermarket chains and individual customers through the online shop. The office is located in central Tokyo, next to Otemachi subway station. This is only 2 stops from my house at Suitengumae on the Hanzomon (purple) line so I'm door to door in [View Full Entry]

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They say that Tokyo is perplexing and beguiling, gaudily hung with eyeball searing neon and plagued by incessant noise (rough guide). Well I think the author was either 1) drastically exaggerating for effect or 2) on speed when he took his last trip around Tokyo. Life in Tokyo has proved surprising straight forward so far. The subway system is much like London underground, only larger in scale. The 13 lines are simply colour coded and signs are in English as well as Katakana (a type of Japanese script). Addresses look complicated at first glance but in actual fact read backwards it [View Full Entry]

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