Monthly Archives: May 2017

Journey To The Centre Of The Izu Peninsula

Posted on May 29, 2017 by

The pungent root that is wasabi is one that divides many people. Haters often demand  sushi chefs leave it out of their dishes for a number of reasons such as fear of it getting up their noses, making their eyes water and of … Continue reading →

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Super Sunday Soccer At Shimizu S-Pulse In Shizuoka

Posted on May 25, 2017 by

There are four J-League teams based in Shizuoka prefecture and they were all playing at home on the last weekend in April. J3 side Fujieda MYFC were the only team to play on the Saturday so that was a given. … Continue reading →

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Down To The Southern Tip Of The Izu Peninsula

Posted on May 22, 2017 by

Due to my football commitments over the weekend in Fujieda and Shimizu, it was a few days before my Golden Week holiday started properly in terms of spending some quality time with my wife, her parents and of course Momiji … Continue reading →

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Ayashii Shonen Shojo Museum (Mysterious Boys and Girls Museum)

Posted on May 19, 2017 by

Route 135 is the main road that runs down the east coast of the Izu Peninsula and there are all manner of interesting places and sights dotted along it. With its large and imposing statue out the front, this museum … Continue reading →

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You Got The Power In Yugawara!

Posted on May 16, 2017 by

After just a few hours in Shizuoka prefecture I was on a train heading back over the border to Kanagawa prefecture to visit Yugawara which is actually just the one stop from Atami. The reason being that I wanted to visit Fukusen-ji … Continue reading →

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An Afternoon In Atami

Posted on May 13, 2017 by

  It was a gloriously sunny day when my Golden Week holiday started in Atami en-route to stay with my parents-in-law in Ito which is about 25 kilometres further down the east coast of the Izu Hanto Peninsula. My wife … Continue reading →

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Free All-You-Can-Drink Japanese Sake At A Football Match? Surely Not!

Posted on May 10, 2017 by

As mentioned in my last J-League post, I said that I hoped to go to a couple of Shizuoka-based games whilst in the vicinity during the recent Japanese Golden Week holiday. Having arrived at my parents-in-law’s holiday home in Ito … Continue reading →

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Our Owl Cafe Experience Was A Right Hoot!

Posted on May 7, 2017 by

  When it comes to planning what to do with my free time, I’m fairly organised but there are occasions when spontaneity does come into the equation and one such moment came on the back of our (pre-planned) trip to the … Continue reading →

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Star Wars Plane Spotting At Haneda Airport

Posted on May 4, 2017 by

  Transportation has always been a major part of Star Wars films and animation with all manner of starships, tie fighters, starfighters, landspeeders, podracers, speeder bikes, shuttles and so on featured throughout the saga. At the end of 2015 I was lucky … Continue reading →

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Review: Films Set In Japan – The Forest (2016)

Posted on May 1, 2017 by

The infamous Aokigahara, known as Suicide Forest in Yamanashi prefecture, has inspired a few films in recent years such as ‘The Sea Of Trees‘ (2015), TV movie ‘Grave Halloween‘ (2013) and then there was this horror and by that I am referring to … Continue reading →

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