I write about flights and interesting rail journeys from time to time, but I don’t normally give airports or ordinary train commutes the same treatment. As a postscript to the series documenting my October 2016 weekend holiday in Tōkyō, let’s make an exception and take a quick look at the terminal I flew home fromContinue reading “Rail-Air Report: The Keisei Skyliner and Narita Airport’s LCC Terminal, Tōkyō, Japan (02 October 2016)”
Category Archives: Japan 2016 (3rd)
Field Report: Kyū-Iwasaki-tei Teien, Tōkyō, Japan (02 October 2016)
Relatively little has survived from Tōkyō’s golden age of Western-style architecture, when the rapid wave of modernisation that swept across Japan during the Meiji and Taishō eras triggered the construction of buildings that would not have looked out of place in the great capitals of Europe. Many of these later succumbed to war or redevelopment,Continue reading “Field Report: Kyū-Iwasaki-tei Teien, Tōkyō, Japan (02 October 2016)”
Food Report: Tonkotsu Rāmen at Kyūshū Jangara (Tōkyō, Japan)
As an unadventurous creature of unsophisticated habit, I have a go-to place – Ichiran by name – which I search for almost instinctively whenever I’m struck by rāmen cravings in Japan. That said, I do treat my taste buds to a bit of variety from time to time. On this particular lunch adventure, I trackedContinue reading “Food Report: Tonkotsu Rāmen at Kyūshū Jangara (Tōkyō, Japan)”
Field Report: A Long Walk Across the Low City in Tōkyō, Japan (02 October 2016) – Part 2/2
Tōkyō’ modern skyline and iconic public architecture are well worth seeing on any trip to Japan, but so are the quiet, low-rise neighbourhoods that make up its old Shitamachi – not least because of the glimpse they allow into the everyday, unvarnished side of life in the Japanese capital.
Field Report: A Long Walk Across the Low City in Tōkyō, Japan (02 October 2016) – Part 1/2
On my previous trips to Japan, I’ve come to know the Tōkyō of soaring skyscrapers, of popular culture, of old stereotypes and unstoppable evolution. Now I’m setting out to discover a different, grittier side of the city: the Tōkyō of the backstreets and low-rise neighbourhoods, of old houses and quiet alleyways, of hidden shrines andContinue reading “Field Report: A Long Walk Across the Low City in Tōkyō, Japan (02 October 2016) – Part 1/2”
Field Report: Kawagoe, Japan (01 October 2016)
With Japan a mere four hours or so from Manila, and with the intense competition amongst airlines plying this lucrative route driving fares down to almost dirt-cheap levels, an overnight weekend trip to Tōkyō no longer sounds as crazy as it probably should. Believe me, I’d know – I did precisely that on the weekendContinue reading “Field Report: Kawagoe, Japan (01 October 2016)”
Within striking distance 