It is 8:44 PM in Tokyo, Japan and I’m at one of my usual bars (The Hub Ikebukuro West Exit Park). It is 4:44 AM for my body which still thinks it is in San Francisco. However, I am excited to be back not only in Japan but also in this particular bar. This is…… Continue reading Japan 2023 – Arrival
Tag: Tokyo
This tag encompasses recent trips as well as posts written in Tokyo while I lived there from 2001 – 2004.
Something Strange Across the River – Nagai Kafū
I am fascinated by history. This hasn’t always been so but has been a growing interest that began when I first went overseas in 1997. I studied abroad in Toledo, Spain a medieval city founded by the Romans. Instead of simply reading about historical events in a history book, I was physically in the same…… Continue reading Something Strange Across the River – Nagai Kafū
Journal Entry 11.20.21
It is 6:34 AM on Saturday November 20th, 2021. The mornings are now chilly, there is the possibility of some sort of precipitation and the Thanksgiving holiday approaches. This is the first day of a two week break after two pandemic years of not taking more than a couple days off here and there. I…… Continue reading Journal Entry 11.20.21
History of Tokyo 1867 – 1989 From EDO to SHOWA: The Emergence of the World’s Greatest City
Tokyo is part of my past, my present and my future. I lived in Mejiro from 2002 – 2004 and attended Waseda university just a few stations south near the fun to say Takadanobaba. My family returns to Japan for the summers and I spend a few days on my own in Tokyo drinking beer,…… Continue reading History of Tokyo 1867 – 1989 From EDO to SHOWA: The Emergence of the World’s Greatest City
East-Bourne (イーストボーン) Mejiro Gone
Everything changes, nothing remains without change. – Buddah Reasonable price and comfortable place. – East-Bourne Bar In the normal course of life change happens at a very slow pace. We do not pay much attention to the small, incremental changes that occur from day to day and it is only when we look at old…… Continue reading East-Bourne (イーストボーン) Mejiro Gone
2019 – On the plane to Tokyo
8.1.19 It is 3:54 PM San Francisco time and 7:54 AM in Tokyo. I’m somewhere over the Pacific ocean on my way to Japan. My bachelorhood of 2019 comes to an end tomorrow, but I’ll get to that in a minute. It all started out slow enough but then it seemed I was in a…… Continue reading 2019 – On the plane to Tokyo
Tokyo Trip 2018 – Second Post
It is 4:07 PM on Monday, August 13th. I’m sitting at the Hub in Ikebukuro and the end of the Japan trip draws close. I wasn’t able to write as much as I wanted in my journal this trip due to a problem with the power cord. I had forgotten that Japan only uses a…… Continue reading Tokyo Trip 2018 – Second Post
Tokyo Trip 2018
I’m at SFO airport awaiting the boarding to Japan. Getting ready to travel, especially internationally and for a long trip is always such a pain UNTIL I get to the airport. It is then I am excited. The pain part is packing, getting the house in order, locked, making sure the plants are watered and…… Continue reading Tokyo Trip 2018