Tokyo or NYC, Tokyo or NYC, do I flip a coin? Think I am a Mitchell from Eastenders!!!!
June 19th 2015 So we were up quite early this morning to catch the train from Kyoto back to Tokyo. British Rail needs to look at the Japanese train system as I know it could learn a lot from it.
The train was brilliant once again and gave me time to finish the book I have been reading called Still Alice by the author Lisa Genova. If you only read one book a year, this is the book for you, it is one of the s
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In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more 
