Nestle Marron Milk Tea

Nestle Marron Milk Tea

Having Nestle’s Marron Milk Tea as a post-lunch drink. The taste of chestnut is surprisingly refreshing! It’s also, an autumn-only flavour and I’m a sucker …

 

Cow Books (Minami-Aoyama)

Cow Books (Minami-Aoyama)

I paid Cow Books’ Aoyama branch a much delayed visit yesterday despite the downpour. The shop front was terribly small; I say terrible because it …

 

Japanese Class

Japanese Class

The main problem with learning Japanese in a classroom setting is the numerous variations in the “right” ways to learn the language. I learnt Chinese …

 

Dragonfly Cafe

Dragonfly Cafe

Dragonfly Cafe has amazing store music. The pumpkin pudding is equally delish. Glides down your tongue like a precocious young girl.

 

Popeye Camera

Popeye Camera

Somewhere in a not-so-quiet corner of Jiyuugaoka, lies a lovely little camera shop. Old cameras, vintage and once-loved cameras line up on the showcase-shelves, surrounded by …

 

Shinagawa

Shinagawa

In the Edo period, Shinagawa was the first post town a traveler would reach after setting out from Nihombashi on the Tōkaidō highway from Edo …

 

live #1: school food punishment and Metric

live #1: school food punishment and Metric

About two weeks ago, on 7 October, I attended a live concert (ライブ “Live” in Japanese) at the famous Club Quattro in Shibuya. They regularly …

 

momiji-ichi in film

momiji-ichi in film

my first roll with the blackbirdfly in Japan. I used a roll of Solaris 400 film, which was a sample given to me by my …

 

enoshima in film

enoshima in film

I just got back from Jiyuugaoka (自由が丘)’s Popeye Camera with two rolls of developed film! Tested out a roll of Solaris 400 on my blackbirdfly …

 

江ノ島 (Enoshima)

江ノ島 (Enoshima)

We had a two day holiday in the middle of this week, because Waseda University (my host university) was celebrating it’s birthday of sorts. So …