I've enlisted Andy into my boycott of Roppongi. Good shit! Who else is in? If you don't know what Roppongi is, it's the foreig...

One of those weekends.... Random shit happens everywhere in the world, but this was so very very Japanese. Things started out when I finally...

One of the things I really wanted to do in Japan was hang out with monkeys. One thing I really wanted to do in Japan was go to an onsen (nat...

The down jaket, aka the 80kmph parachute , and the felt gloves, aka why bother , needed to be replaced asap for riding on the bike. Someone...

About a month ago I started learning kana, which is the phonetic set of characters used to read and write japanese. There are 2 alphabets, ...

What an honor to stand on the podium that the world's best athletes stood on not too many year ago. It's now a discount parking lot...

Woke up a little late, but I was determined to get down to the Hachioji area for some hiking today. In Kawagoe, Route 16 says Hachioji on i...

The bike is parked out front my apartment. Success! I got a phone call about noon from Suzuki-san, the bike shop owner. Our conversation w...