Bert Wishart
Novelist, copywriter and graduate from the most prestigious university in Sunderland, Bert whiles away his precious time on this Earth by writing about popular culture, travel, food and pretty much anything else that is likely to win him the Pulitzer he desperately craves.
Getting Dramatic – Kabuki in Tokyo
Nov 19, 2016 By Bert Wishart
When one thinks of Japanese high art, alongside haiku, ukiyo-e, and the movies of Yasujiro Ozu, kabuki is most probably one...[ Click to read more ]
Vaping in Tokyo
Nov 17, 2016 By Bert Wishart
While vaping, the alternative to smoking which its advocates claim to have none of the adverse affects of tobacco, is...[ Click to read more ]
Family Fun in Tokyo at Yomiuri Land Amusement Park
Oct 20, 2016 By Bert Wishart
While the sprawling Disney resort is the most famous amusement park in the Tokyo area it is by no means...[ Click to read more ]
Lake Biwa – Take a Day trip, or Longer, to Japan’s Great Lake
By Bert Wishart
Lake Biwa (琵琶湖 or Biwa-ko) in Shiga Prefecture is the largest freshwater lake in Japan, and thanks to it being...[ Click to read more ]
Family Fun at Little World Museum of Man
Oct 17, 2016 By Bert Wishart
Have you ever wanted to take the kids to Italy for the day? How about showing them the cultures of...[ Click to read more ]
Tokyo’s Most Unusual Restaurants
By Bert Wishart
Fed up of the usual, humdrum dinners out? Do izakayas bore you to tears? Do sushi restaurants have you tearing...[ Click to read more ]
Nagoya’s Best International Cuisine – Part 2
By Bert Wishart
In his great comedic play Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare calls music the food of love. Now, I’m not in the...[ Click to read more ]
Toy Shopping in Tokyo
Oct 14, 2016 By Bert Wishart
As October slips into November, though the weather is still yet to step into its wintry chill, it is once...[ Click to read more ]
Japan-Indonesia Friends Festival and Indonesian Restaurants in Tokyo
Sep 27, 2016 By Bert Wishart
As summer marches into autumn, the only thing that cant's be stopped other than the rolling of time is the...[ Click to read more ]
Oeshiki Festival of Light at Ikegami Honmonji Temple in Tokyo
Sep 21, 2016 By Bert Wishart
In the autumn of 1282 Nichiren, the founder of the branch of Buddhism that now bears his name, plagued by...[ Click to read more ]
