In Japan, I feel connected to both the near future and the ancient past. You can feel it when you walk the neon littered streets, pass by the high-tech arcades and towering electronic merchants, or when standing at a small stone shrine, set within nature’s own tranquil form, built many centuries ago. The spirit of … Read More
Saturday, 16 April 2016. I have now been in Tokyo, and Japan, for just about two weeks. I left my second-last hostel in Tokyo, this morning, and headed towards the Star Inn, a few kilometres away. I decided to walk, instead of taking the train, as I had a few hours to spare before my … Read More
Thursday, 14 April 2016. If you are looking to get lost somewhere, to rid yourself of the mundane and familiar, to break free from your daily routine, then Tokyo is the perfect place to be. Although, everything in Tokyo is made to its most compact and efficient form, everything is indeed big in Japan, specifically, … Read More
Thursday, 7 April 2016. I find myself writing this, sitting in a small laundry in the Nakano ward, on a raining Tokyo day, now, into my fifth day of my three-month tour of Japan. Only now have I managed to get some time to write about my first experiences in this totally foreign, yet, to … Read More
Here, as promised, follows a list of the research done for my upcoming, three month, tour of Japan. The research is done from the perspective of a South African travelling to Japan, which I am, and so a lot of the information is applicable to South Africans but it will be able to assist most other … Read More
My planned trip to Japan is now only slightly more than two months away. I have done extensive research online, finding many travel guides and recommended places to visits and sights to see, and have been compiling a list of my findings and what I would need to make a trip of 3 months possible. As … Read More
So, I have decided to write more, to travel more, to blog more. For one, this will be a build up to my trip to Japan, documenting the planning and research I am doing to make it happen, specifically from a South African perspective, and possibly helping others, as a guide, who wish to do … Read More
I have finally taken the plunge and will be travelling to Japan in 2016, for 3 months. This has been a desire of mine for many years and thus, after working full-time as a Programmer for the last 13 years without a longer break than 3 weeks, I have decided to take a longer break … Read More
The last few months of 2013 was a hectic rush of nonstop busyness for me, up to the point where I just wanted to get away from it all. Apart from the late nights at work, trying to meet seemingly impossible deadlines, and then returning to work the following day, trying to cram every last … Read More