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Latest Posts

• Take the bull by the horns: Year of the Ox here we come!
• Nishinomiya Gardens new shopping mall in Kansai
• To Mexico and back
• White J-Crimbo
• Arima Onsen
• Find your Destiny in Umeda
• Get a hookah in Osaka
• These autumn leaves (drift past my temple window)
• Miss Piggy-style karate chop
• Korea in Juso
• Ewww!
• Long time, no cook
• Buddhist Meditation in Kansai
• Getting high: the Japan Alps
• Japan goes Swedish
• Hiring a motorbike in Japan
• Sushilicious
• Super Sonic Summer Sonic
• Newly opened British theme pub “The Hub” in Umeda
• Ohh me aching bones - Osaka chirporactor and acupuncturist does the job
• A belly full of Turkey in Osaka
• Going for Gold at Gold’s Gym
• Psycho summer!
• Dotonbori waterfront open
• Bike tour of Hokkaido - seeing the sights
• Fine German Dining in Osaka - if you’re missing bangers and mash
• Mitsui Outlet Park (MOP) (formally Blossom Mall) Osaka
• Deepest darkest Okinawa
• Spoon, jouzu!
• Bona fide Thai karai
• The continuing saga of nu-wave rice balls
• Falafels found at last
• The ultimate Japanese-Japanese restaurant
• Cherry blossom: believe the hype
• Ex-pat visits the Motherland
• Black bean black tea
• Osaka immigration centers moves to Osaka Ko
• Egg roll inscriptions
• Quintessentially Kyoto
• I like riding on my tricycle
• Punk rock Japanese breakfast
• Winter vacationing in the Peens
• Face to face with Jaws
• Happy X’Mos (Burger)
• Evidently, the proof is in the pudding.
• Still sweating after the Japanese Language Proficieny Test!
• Gingko goes nuts!
• Bah humbug!
• Make mine a nice banana black vinegar
• The ten yen coin comes to life!
• Excitement! At The Sushi Bar
• When is a pear not a pear?
• New wave riceballs
• You’ve been squid ink’d!
• The precision of Japanese precision
• All hail HEP 5!
• Summer Sonic, then: the verdict
• Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road?
• Go karting in Osaka - Maishima island
• Ninjas and Haiku - Iga Ueno has it all
• Free foot spa in Umeda, Osaka
• Onsens (hot springs) in Osaka
• Dangerous danjiri festivals
• Sports fans rejoice the IAAF in Osaka
• Useful Japanese grammar book
• Traffic Accident in Japan
• Buying a motorbike or scooter in Kansai
• Places to stay in Osaka
• The Osaka Sumo Basho
• Finding a house or apartment in Kansai
• Learning Japanese in Kansai
• Orange Street, and America Mura Osaka
• Osaka Love Hotels
• Onsens or sentos - hot spring spas in Japan
• Two pints of lager and a packet of crisps please
• Umeda
• Osaka Subway