THIS COMPETITION HAS NOW ENDED. The winner is Kaz Asami @azami_kaz on Twitter. Congratulations Kaz, you’ve won a signed copy of my book Tokyo Tales: A Collection of Japanese Short Stories with illustrations by Yoshimi Ohtani and a Cherry Blossom Fragance by Amygdala! This Christmas I’m offering you the chance to win a signed copy of my […]
These days, there are thousands of Western-style restaurants and cafés as well as kebab houses, pancake parlours, burger joints, pastry shops, and all sorts of other international eateries, offering first-class and extremely tempting dishes, all over Tokyo. You’ll have no trouble at all finding Western foods and meals that will delight your senses in Shibuya, Harajuku, Shinjuku, […]
I consider myself lucky, very lucky! I had the opportunity to start learning French and Italian when I was eleven years old at Genazzano FCJ College in Australia and my language teachers were good, in fact they were excellent. So much so that I decided to continue studying French and Italian and pick up a […]
Sayuki, meaning “Transparent Happiness”, was the name given to an Australian called Fiona Graham when she made her debut as a geisha in Japan on 19 December 2007, making her one of the first Westerners in the 400-year history of the geisha to be accepted into this mysterious and intriguing “flower and willow world”. SCROLL […]
If you love Japan and the Japanese culture you'll really enjoy Tokyo Hearts, Tokyo Tales, and Tokyo 2060.
