Too much of a good thing
This week, I moved from Kansai (western Japan) to Kanto (eastern Japan). Osaka and the rest of Kansai has been really good to me. In the way grandmothers are good to you because they constantly ask you to eat more cake. I stuffed my face with all of the fried, baked, generally not-all-that-healthy things the […]
It’s tea, Jim, but not as we know it
I’ve been inspired to write this because I’ve been chosen to do a reading at the upcoming launch of Kamihikouki Magazine’s seventh issue. (I guess it’s unlikely I’ll see many/any of you there, but come if you can.) The theme of the issue is ‘tea’. So, the theme of this post is ‘tea’ too. A […]
Hush little (food) baby
It happened again the other day. Was just sitting in the coffee room, minding my own business, when a nice lady I vaguely knew came over to me, smiled kindly, and asked ‘Sooooo, when’s it all happening?…’ I immediately thought she must mean my (very exciting) exhibition of drawings in a pub; or maybe she’d […]
Things look different around here
They say the camera adds 10 pounds. I don’t remember eating a camera. Hello! Yes, this is me. Living it up in Japan. As if you’re not sick of me telling you. I’ve been here three months now, and at a conservative estimate I’ve put on three kilos. It might even be four by now. […]
It’s a pizza cake!
I’ve introduced you all to my Mum before. The woman I’ve been waging emoji war with for months on end. She has even more talents than just the incomprehensible texting, I assure you. When it comes to birthdays, Mum doesn’t muck about. Her mantra is ‘you’ve got to make sure people have something to unwrap’. […]
I’m a diner, let me out of here!
Whenever someone asks me about ‘strange’ or ‘bizarre’ restaurants in Tokyo, I direct them to prison-themed dining experience The Lock Up. The site’s in Japanese but I think you can get the gist. Three of us intrepid explorers visited this hideaway in Shibuya recently, at my insistence. Sorry guys! It’s in a basement, at the […]
