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 …
12 Nov
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 …
12 Nov
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 …
11 Nov
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.
26 Oct
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 …
25 Oct
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 …
24 Oct
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 …
24 Oct
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 …
24 Oct
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 …
24 Oct
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 …