Tag Archives: drinking

NHK ain’t making no friends

21 Jun Filed under News. 1 Comment.

First, a photo completely unrelated to anything: Stumbled upon this guy sleeping on the platform of Koenji Station at 3pm on a Saturday. That must have been one rough Friday night. Attracted by the group of snickering high school boys, a conductor came over and … Read More →

Rocking out on the roof

19 Jun Filed under Events. 1 Comment.

Thursday night saw the grand opening of the summer rooftop networking series, Tokyo Garden Party at Tokyu Honten in good ol’ Shibuya. I found out about the event through Twitter, but looks like they did a good job recruiting fellow roof-goers through Facebook and Mixi … Read More →

Getting domestic: Ume wine

10 Jun Filed under Food. No comments.

It’s officially the beginning of rainy season, the time of the year when it seems like nothing dries and you live in constant fear of umbrella thieves. Not a whole lot of rain thus yet, but it’s coming, oh yes. I can feel it in … Read More →

Nouevau est très mauvaise

21 Nov Filed under Food. 6 Comments.

Is Beaujolais Nouevau such a big deal in other countries as it is here in Japan? I’ve seen the wine advertised with all the fanaticism of “Christmas cakes” in supermarkets and convenience stores ever since I began living here, but was never much of a … Read More →

Plunging into autumn

24 Oct Filed under Life, Out on the town, Work. 1 Comment.

A lack of updates again, this time I’ll blame work and the fact that I’m currently visiting my family in the ol’ U S of A right now. Speaking of work, how many of you, dear readers (are there any of you out there?), hang … Read More →