Category: Japan

Finally, the story behind the AEON is for Assholes tag. Only took me four years to get around to it.

My four-year teaching career has now come to an end. I liked it, I was good at it, and I can always fall back on it if need be. I’ve now experienced almost everything I’ve wanted to experience about school […]

Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Dome: +++ Peace Park & Museums: +++ Itsukushima Shrine: + Hiroshima Castle: + Hiroshima Carp: + Hiroshima: ++ Okinawa War Memorials: ++ Churaumi Aquarium: ++ Fate/Stay Night: Heaven’s Feel Part I: Presage Flower: ++ Shuri Castle: + […]

Sendai is the largest city between Tokyo and Sapporo. Given how much ground that covers, you’d think Sendai would be ridden with tourist traps. Quite the contrary, all the tourist spots in Sendai seemed to be geared towards the locals […]

If you want to climb a mountain but don’t feel like chopping wood, fighting bears, or losing your 4G LTE coverage, Fuji is the mountain for you. With over 250,000 climbers during its summer climbing season alone, Fuji is the […]

Passing the Tochigi Driving Test isn’t about driving skillfully or safely. It’s about nothing more or less than playing by the precise set of rules, both written and unwritten, that the examiners set. I certainly don’t know all the rules. […]

Nestled in Shibuya across from Wild One (the one that sells sex toys, not camping goods), America’s greatest fast food restaurant made its long-awaited return to Japan. Was it up to snuff? I waited on line for an hour to […]

Step 1: Coincidentally walk through Akihabara two weeks before Comiket Not only will this remind you that Comiket exists, it’ll give you an opportunity to buy the Comiket catalog, which is essential if your goal isn’t to wander around cluelessly. […]

The first time I was in Tokyo, I had just arrived in Japan and quickly left for the countryside without having done much exploring. The second time I was in Tokyo, I went to some crappy, overpriced bars in Shinjuku […]