Archive for: September 2008

September 30, 2008

Getting high: the Japan Alps

Filed under: Get Out! - 30 Sep 2008

The big smoke of the city gets to you sometimes. Which is why you have to go wild in the country, and what place better to do it than Nagano?

Bleary eyed but bushy tailed, the journey started with the shink …

September 15, 2008

Japan goes Swedish

Filed under: Living - 15 Sep 2008

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Dreaming of a luxury penthouse in a salubrious part of the city, I made my way to the newly-opened Ikea in an obscure area of Osaka called Tsuruhama.

They could’ve at least awarded me with …

September 6, 2008

Hiring a motorbike in Japan

Filed under: Living - 06 Sep 2008

I recently took a road trip on my scooter to Hokkaido which was great fun, but for anyone who is just visiting Japan or lives here but doesn’t want to buy then why not rent a motorbike in Japan. …