Japanese baseball

June 7, 2008 - 10:13 pm by jason in Culture  

If you’re in Japan even for just a short time in the summer months, I definitely recommend seeing a baseball game. They’re great fun and good for the whole family.

The atmosphere is completely different from a U.S. baseball game. For a start there’s a band for each team that plays whenever their team is batting. [...]

Visit Nagasaki!

April 16, 2008 - 2:39 pm by jason in Food, Others  

I think I’ve found a new favourite city in Japan. Sapporo’s snow festival was great, Kyoto is beautiful, Tokyo is exciting and Yokohama has my favourite baseball team.

But Nagasaki seemed like a great place to live. There’s great food (though this is true of just about every city in Japan) - try the Saraudon for dinner in [...]