The march Japan doesn’t want you to see.

The march Japan doesn’t want you to see.

It’s August 15th – anniversary of the end of World War II. Hundreds of riot police line a Tokyo street leading to the controversial Yasukuni shrine – a shrine which remembers Japan’s war dead, including over 1000 men convicted as war criminals, 14 of which are ‘Class A’. On TV there is a lot of […]

The Daddy Chronicles

The Daddy Chronicles

The Daddy Chronicles – Part One Today I start a long term blog project called ‘The Daddy Chronicles’. This will be a regular feature on my blog where I light-heartedly look at the ups and downs of being a new dad. Here is part one… Follow me on: Facebook | Twitter | Youtube | Be […]

Here we snow again

Here we snow again

The weather is capricious at the best of times, but in recent weeks it has seemed to be on a whole new level of unpredictability. Blizzards in North America, Storms in the UK, and in Tokyo temperatures that go up and down like a yo-yo. It seems whatever supreme being that controls the weather is […]