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The start of July called for more organisation than I’m used to, but I was determined to hit the ground running. Time was running out to get things…
Japan Diary: January 2021
Okay, so technically I’m starting this diary in December 2020, but considering that New Year’s celebrations usually span across two days, I think you can let me off.…
Japan Diary: August 2021
After a few days in Shizuoka Prefecture, I returned to Kanagawa with a vast stretch of summer holiday ahead of me.
Japan Diary: March 2021
Well, another month has passed of mainly staying at home, going to work and restarting the same cycle the next morning. I can’t pretend that I haven’t been…
Japan Diary: November 2021
Usually, my November diary would start off with anniversary celebrations marking the day I moved to Japan for the first time, but things didn’t really play out like…
Japan Diary: September 2021
While the first of September saw the kids go back to school, it wasn’t exactly the return we’d imagined.
Japan Diary: April 2021
The start of April saw me back on the road again, taking the opportunity to have a spontaneous, yet cautious trip further south.
Japan Diary: February 2021
When I said I didn’t see much changing this month, I was swiftly proven right with an extension to the State of Emergency. After already spending a month…
Japan Diary: October 2021
In my last diary post, I predicted that October was going to be busier and I was certainly right. However, a lot of that ‘busy-ness’ was behind the…
Japan Diary: December 2021
In the start of December, it was time for me to get organised. Yes, I’d barely slowed down since October, but I still had one last push before…
Japan Diary: May 2021
May, as per usual, started with Golden Week. This would be my fourth, but like last year, I was pretty much stuck where I was. With State of…
Japan Diary: June 2021
After a pretty uneventful May, I was determined to make June busier, even if just a little.
Japan Diary: June 2022
June started off the best way I know how: with plenty of opportunity to socialise.
Japan Diary: January 2022
At the end of my last diary post, my positive COVID test had completely ruined my plans to fly back to Japan as scheduled. All of a sudden,…
Japan Diary: February 2022
As much as I was hoping that February would bring more positivity… that didn’t exactly happen.
Japan Diary: April 2022
Between having a rough few months and the self-imposed deadline to fulfil my Japan travel goals approaching, I figured that having a few days away would be the…
Japan Diary: May 2022
While my first few days of May were very uneventful, Golden Week was about to kick off properly.
Japan Diary: December 2020
So… I’m going to be honest. The first two weeks of December were a complete write-off.
Japan Diary: October 2020
After September saw my routine almost return to ‘normal’, October was spent trying to find the right balance.
Japan Diary: November 2020
After an October which felt like it lasted all of five minutes, November came around much quicker than I’d anticipated.
Japan Diary: August 2022 {1/2}
Usually I’d be starting this at the beginning of the month, then updating as things happened, but here I am, 6:30am on August 30th, typing my first sentences.…
Japan Diary: March 2022 {1/2}
I may live in Japan, but that doesn’t mean I let British holidays go by unobserved. So when Pancake Day fell on March 1st, I made a deliberate…
Japan Diary: March 2022 {2/2}
After the earthquake on the 16th, it was back to life as normal.
Japan Diary: August 2022 {2/2}
Two days after visiting the Ofuna Kannon, I went to collect my last two stamps from my favourite temples in Yokohama.
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Overall hardware sales for those listed were mixed for the week as PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series both retreated with the latter down significantly by 61.98% to 760…
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The overall hardware sales performance for the brands tracked by Famitsu has noted a remarkable rise in sales by 30.71% week-over-week. The Xbox Series leads in terms of…
Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: July 1 – July 7, 2024
Total hardware sales for those listed below have registered a 11.90% increase in sales with most brands experiencing positive growth week-over-week. The Xbox Series has the largest percentage…
Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: July 22 – July 28, 2024
Overall hardware sales have retreated after major gains experienced the week before with only the Xbox Series reporting positive growth in units sold by 19..95%, to end the…
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Let's find out the latest manga news with our latest podcast In this eigth episode, Xan discusses some sad manga news, hypes up his panels at otakon and discusses…
Spiraken Manga News Ep 008: July 15th - July 21st 2021
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Spiraken Manga News Ep 007: July 8th -July 14th 2021
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