Hi John E, you might like to check out this place on Pho Nha Chung street near Hoan kim lake. That street is quite touristy, but still fun, and the restaurant is great. I didn' have any problems with electricity, but then I always carry on…
This is from his account of his visit in 1889, very Kiplinesque. There isn't too much written in English about his visit, I think, and I have never managed to find anything written in Japanese.Mister Oscar Wilde of the Nineteenth Century i…
Nice day today. We wrote a letter to our sponsor child, Laxmi, in Kathmandu.
LUXURY BIRD SCOFF HEIST strikes Irie-Cho! 事件の現場です。Scene of the crime: Alas the culprit got away scot-free. 餌泥棒だ！！なんてこったい！！強盗は跡形もなく消えていた。 Identikit woodblock print of the main suspect follows. こちら指名…
[ ] Thanks to Aaron for bringing the feeder from Virginia, and Chia for bringing the bird-food from California. Our Japanese White Eye friends love the international cuisine.
Beware sensitive zones. And I don't mean Military #9.
I like both these portraits, and didn't know either photographer until I looked at a mail from the National Portrait Gallery, London, this evening. Dame Margot became the chancellor of my alma mater, Durham University, don't you know. But …
あああ、禅プディングの食べ過ぎと変な夢がでるぞ〜！
I shall be Presenting the following, a sad morality tale about chickens and things like that. With pictures. At URBAN GUILD, Sunday january16th. 日時：2011年1月16日（日）１８：３０ 会場：アバンギルド、木屋町三条下ルニュー京都ビル3F（三条よ…
Lola assisting me at my work-desk.
Lola digs into sun-dried Natto from Ibaraki. She not only ate it, she ate a lot of it! That's my girl...
She didn't eat it afterwards. That was Godzilla, I think.
「ああろん」という物は写真、かんばん、オブジェー、景色などです。全部私の友達アーロンくんが好きそうなものです。They are sights, objects, pictures etc that I imagine my mate Aaron would like. This is an Aaron in Hokkaido: This is called 'Con…
京都市の中心である佛大キャンパスBUSECで１２月１５日で１pm〜２：３０pm。 入場無料。All welcome, admission free. Please drop by if you are free, if only to check out the spiffy Butsudai centre, at the junction of Shijo-Karasuma (NE corner, 4…
Not to be outdone, the Japanese maritime self-defence force are developing their own new systems of 'aerial locomotion', with the aim of 'putting a sailor into orbit' within the next three years. 新型空中移動装置です。
Greater Co-Prosperity Airlines has announced a new service to Harbin, with one-way tickets starting at 500 sen. It is proving especially popular with young female 'OL' office workers, looking for an inexpensive getaway, and the opportunity…
In 3D, so they say! Looking happy. Before they tried to assassinate him, that is. Well, they thought about it, anyway. You can read about that here: ] 五・一五事件の前日にはイギリスの喜劇俳優のチャールズ・チャップリンが来日し、事件当日に犬…
...reads this anymore? And... Ou sont les pagodes d'antan? そして、心弾んだ過ぎし日の仏塔はどこに脱出しましたか？ I like that word, 'antan' in French, by the way. It's a bit literary, so I suppose I read it in Racine, or some such like. In…
[ This above is, believe it or not, a Toyota. 今現代このトヨタ（上）作ればいいね！ So is this, an EX 111. これもトヨタですよ。 Whoever parked this 1970 Mazda RX-500 concept car here should really think more about the environment. 車の違法…
My friend came out of a 50-year retirement the other day to dance Nihon-buyo. She was amazing.
[ シュルームズ！ トマトヘッド] 蛸gramme.My titles, not hers, btw. i like her stuff. You?
[ 369 Gallery, near my house. Nishiki-koji Market. Cosplay Yout' at the Manga Museum. Geisha at Hanagumo. Diamonds Are Forever, at Metro. At TranQ Room.
Bought these but not quite sure what to do with them. Last time I used 'ara' to make fish-head soup it tasted like watery glue.
Until October. １０月中旬まで Caffe dell Orso 京都市左京区吉田中阿達町36-13 TEL 075-761-7600 OPEN 11:30-18:00 (L.O. 17:30) Closed Sunday and public holidays.
... a bucket on his head. バケツマンです。 in the town of Nishiwaki, Hyogo, where people make their own entertainment. エンターテインメントのスターやファンは、この町の死にお悔みを述べています。
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jfa/ Here is Mr D aka Meatwhip, in DJ action. DJミートウィップさんです。 And Maria Jikuuuuuuuuu. (count those U-s, all 9 of 'em) マリア時空です。 This is all that remains of the Nishiwaki, Hyogo branch of Chica…
