Category: japan

After living in Japan (more or less) peacefully for the last 4 years and half, I have to admit I tend to forget that we’re […]

The district of Omotesando is being rebuilt after the city has decided to replace the aging Dojunkai Aoyama apartment complex earlier this year, in order […]

While most of the countries in the world tend to fight against smoking by restricting the smoking area to some sections only, by using campaigns […]

If you have seen the masterpiece from Miyazaki-san called “Princess Mononoke” (Mononoke hime in Japanese), you may have been charmed by the wonderful nature described […]

It was a warm night, after a hard day… I could hardly stand up and keep myself awake. I was feeling dizzy and I couldn’t […]

Today at 6:24pm, there was quite an impressive earthquake … I was at home on the 1st floor (got back home early because I didn’t […]

Yesterday was Nature Day, or Midori no hi in Japanese. The weather was amazing and I went out to Shinjuku gyoen to try my new […]

Really nothing new on this website today but I just wanted to express my anger against this period of time in Tokyo when the elections […]

Yahoo! It’s hanami time in Japan! The cherry blossoms are everywhere and this year, it was quite warm for a change … The pictures were […]

I spent a nice week end in Hakone, enjoying the relaxing onsens and the view of the Fuji-san. I also added a page for Benjamin’s […]

I went to Oze (huge swamps) with Bruno and his with Li, for some hiking trip. Famous for its flowers or the wonderful red leaves […]

A quick walk in Setagaya-ku revealed this pleasant place.