For the second ever Conbini food review I'm trying something a little more ordinary than the fruits sandwich I had last time: cup noodles. Now before we start, a short sidenote: it took me two attempts to do this review. During the first attempt I managed to clumsily knock the entire cup of just about … Continue reading Conbini food reviews: soy sauce cup noodles
This is the start of a new series in which I review food from Japanese convenience stores so you don't have to/because you don't want to/you can't because you're not in Japan. Japanese convenience stores (conbini) are about as central to daily life in this country as you could imagine. You can do almost anything … Continue reading Conbini food reviews: fruits sandwich
Shibuya Crossing on Christmas night 2020 (the camera clock was incorrectly set a day ahead) It's been nearly a year since I wrote anything for this website: a summary of my favourite photography from my first year in Japan. I've just reached the end of my second, and the start of my third, year living … Continue reading Japan: another year in photos
Scramble Crossing, Shibuya. I have lived in Japan for slightly more than a year now. Throughout that time, photography has increasingly become my main and most frequent hobby. I started shooting 35mm film a couple of years ago but only since getting to Japan have I taken it sersiously. A crossing in Shinjuku, some time … Continue reading Japan: a year in photos
A view of the man's home office on his birthday A man has celebrated his 22nd birthday in Tokyo, whilst teleworking from home. The man has been living in Tokyo for over eight months now, and had reportedly been curious for some time about what his first birthday abroad would entail. It is believed that … Continue reading Man turns 22 in Tokyo
I bought a houseplant last month. I don't like writing about myself. I never have. But for a while I've been trying to write more, especially about the things I do in Tokyo. For the past seven months now I've written attempts at being funny to bridge this gap. Most of my time in Japan … Continue reading April was a lot
The man in question who, inexplicably, doesn't have a single photo of himself from the past two months so is using a photo from January A man, who has lived in Tokyo for six months now, recently made it through the months of February and March. There were several challenging incidents during the past two … Continue reading Man makes it through February and March in Tokyo
A man who lives in Tokyo did some things in January. Details of the man's exploits, obtained exclusively by this publication, have now emerged. The month started as he celebrated the turn of the new decade in Tokyo's busiest area Shibuya. The man joined the large crowds at Shibuya's famous Scramble Crossing for the new … Continue reading Tokyo-based man does stuff in January
A man, who a couple of months ago began living in Japan, has continued to live there. The man in question has lived in Tokyo for around three months, and has been thinking a lot about just how long that and just how much he's done in that time. He is said to have learnt … Continue reading Man continues to live in Japan
A man, who commutes on Tokyo's famously excellent rail system, repeatedly gets the wrong train to work like a complete idiot. Sources say that the man, who alternates between travelling to two workplaces on opposite sides of the city every few days, has on more than occasion started going to one location before suddenly realising … Continue reading Man keeps getting the wrong train to work
Ben Dean-Titterrell 