A post on this blog from many years ago called Mount Yamizo was about a cycle trip...
I was thoroughly exhausted after my first day in Tokyo with Mr Brighton, but apart from an...
I didn’t used to like beetroot when I was a child, but particularly since moving to Japan,...
In the final week of the summer holidays, I spent two days with a friend of mine...
Instead of our usual trip abroad, this summer we’ve been taking various day trips, treating ourselves to...
For various reasons, rice, which is as important in Japan as pasta to the Italians or baguettes...
Black garlic is a very recent arrival on the superfood scene, and it’s interesting to note that...
This year the Muzuhashi family won’t be going abroad during the summer holidays for the first time...
I’m ashamed to say that I have made hardly any Japanese friends while living here, but one...
According to the latest evidence, the whole theory about so-called ‘blue zones’ – mythical regions of the...