May 22, 2005
Disruptions to scheduled broadcasting
Just by way of apology, I wanted to say that I have been unable to post for the past little while due to a server crisis that befell the fabbo crew at BootsnAll. It seems to have been fixed now:...Read this update
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May 21, 2005
Day Eight: The Mechanics of Desire
There’s acres of fake tan and miles of russet-blonde locks on the young women here in Osaka. It’s Japan’s second biggest city, and so much more besides. Compared to mild, tender-to-the-bite Kyoto (tailor-made to please tourists), Osaka seems insanely busy...Read this update
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May 20, 2005
May 19, 2005
Day Six: A Gastronomic Adventure (or kindly pass me the mucous, please)
We had a date at 12.00pm sharp today, and we couldn't be late. Our date was for lunch at a restaurant that's nameless to us as we can't read Japanese. It's tucked away down the thin alleyway of Nishiki Market,...Read this update
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May 18, 2005
Day Five: Homelessness and Pinball
Somehow, in all the stereotyped images of Japan that lodged in my head over 26 years, thoughts about homelessness were nowhere to be seen. Why does no one mention Japan's homeless - whose numbers do not seem inconsiderable - when...Read this update
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May 17, 2005
Day Four: Geisha and a Bullet-train
Tired day, rising earlyish to open the sliding shutters and enjoy the maple-syrup coloured slanting sunshine as it hits the futon. We leave today for Kyoto. The ryokan owner materialises as we're going, and we have a very J-exchange wherein...Read this update
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May 16, 2005
Day Three: Choco Ring and Angel French
Rise to the gorgeous, slow light entering the ryokan through paper screens. Hurry out in case etiquette demands that our hosts be given the opportunity to clean without us in their way. Skipper over to Mister Donuts, where we order...Read this update
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Day Two: A Ten Tatami Mat Room and a Very Hot Bath
Our ryokan is beautiful. The interior downstairs is cool and just-slightly dim. Incense is vague in the air like a half-remembered conversation, and the atmosphere is calm and precise. We left last night's business hotel and brought our bags over...Read this update
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May 15, 2005
Day One: Landing, Super-travellers, Vending Machines
Soon before landing, as the body of the plane started to swoop low in earnest, l saw the edge of the island like a bitten biscuit. Just jutting into the black space of night, all filled with pinpricks of light....Read this update
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May 14, 2005
Eight days, eight addictions
Today's officially 'Japan Day Eight' in the scrappy notes I have been scribbling to myself ever since the night we fled Taipei and arrived here. Eight days and yet I've told you basically nothing: my bad. The reason (in addition...Read this update
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May 11, 2005
Japan: the Godzilla of travel destinations?
Japan seems to loom very large in the collective travel consciousness somehow. There are plenty of other expensive destinations on the planet, for example, but mention you're going to Japan and you can expect to see people's eyes widen like...Read this update
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