James' Empty Blog

It's taken us 12 years, and we only just managed before leaving, but we've finally discovered what Tsukuba city is good for - road...

We will be out of here in another few weeks, but because of our permanent resident status (which we would like to maintain for the time bei...

Inspired by the blue skies which are the norm for eastern Japan at this time of year, I started work on our new website this week – bluesk...

Since that was (sniffle) the last Japanese mountain adventure ever, and soon we are off to do blue skies research in the land of famousl...

The aim of the day was climbing Akadake, Yatsugatake's highest peak. With Fuji-san visible from early morning, we set off expectant of b...

Since xkcd has started posting cartoons about our time in Japan , it's obviously time to go public:   We've been playing c...

Another view of Yatsugatake, for those who have forgotten the story so far (sorry for the delay in posting). There was a hut just over t...

It has been the wettest October in Yokohama since 2004 with a series of typhoons trundling by (394mm so far - footling British storms take n...

After the hornet plague came the typhoon plague. Two at once yesterday. The morning after the typhoon, everyone is busy repairing their h...

It was starting to cool a little in early September and I braved a run to work. To wile away the time I decided to count hornets and, in abo...