Japan
All my posts about Japan including my 3 trips in 2006, 2008 and 2010.
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Planning for Japan 2016 – 4 Months to Go
A few people said they’d like to know more about how I organise for a Japan trip so I’m sharing updates about what I’ve been doing. Read…
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Planning for Japan 2016 – 8 Months to Go
A few people said they’d like to know more about how I organise for a Japan trip so I thought I would start a new…
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Tokyo Cheapo – A Cheapo’s Guide to Tokyo
I very rarely support crowdfunding projects but ebooks are usually a draw as otherwise I will forget all about it and forget to buy one…
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Kaiwa Japan: Rachael Griffiths of Hannah Zakari
It’s taken a while to get around to doing another one of these, but they’re always worth the wait. This time I’m chatting to Rachael…
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Hannah Zakari 10th Birthday Zine
I’ve known Rachael and her Hannah Zakari shop since we both used to sell at ye olde Miso Funky Markets in Glasgow. Since then she’s…
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More Japan Zines
Given the chance, I would buy every Japan-related zine I find, but here are some of my recent purchases. TOKYO: A very brief introduction If…
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Japan Links #17
Japan Lover Me have a fun new series running just now of Only In Japan. So far we’ve got cute features on things like owl cafes,…
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Kaiwa Japan: Alan Farmer of Bearos Records
I didn’t intend to take quite to so long to post the second interview in this series but when I asked Alan, it turned out…
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