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.
It could be argued that one of the greatest things on Earth is sitting outside on a warm summer’s day...[ Click to read more ]
One of the biggest challenges of integrating with Japanese society is the language barrier. The obvious recourse to this...[ Click to read more ]
I doubt that there is a single kid in the western world who, when watching the 1933 classic movie King...[ Click to read more ]
As the weather heats up in the city, what better way is there to celebrate the summer steam than with...[ Click to read more ]
If Kyoto’s Gion festival is the biggest of the summer festivals, the Owari Tsushima Tenno Matsuri in Aichi is perhaps...[ Click to read more ]
Food shopping in Japan has a reputation for being a touch on the expensive side, and as you wander the aisles of...[ Click to read more ]
Japan is a nation that thrives on its sporting endeavors, and while it may be baseball that grabs most of...[ Click to read more ]
The arrival of spring means only one thing in Japan: hanami. Hanami is a great time when people get together in...[ Click to read more ]
Aichi is well known as a centre of Japanese industry, but what is less well known is that it is also...[ Click to read more ]
As the third largest producer worldwide, there can be no doubting the importance of the automobile industry to Japan’s economy,...[ Click to read more ]