Asking a question like is Japan oppressive clearly means I am coming at this subject with an agenda, with the answer being that yes I feel that it is. Yet this is not something I previously thought, with it being my first trip here that led me to this conclusion. So, what exactly makes Japan…
August in Japan is hot, sticky, and brimming with a sense of history that seeps into every corner of the country. This time, my journey took me to a place that I’d been itching to explore for years—Battleship Island, known locally as Gunkanjima, off the coast of Nagasaki. The allure of this eerie, abandoned island…
After having perhaps the best meal of my life I was keen for my Hiroshima experience to continue, which is what brought me to Flat Sake Bar, seemingly an institution within the city. And me and my group were not to be disappointed, with the place not only having great service and ambiance, but also…
Weirdly located slap bang in the middle of the Osaka Red Light District you will find Hog Hat Bar, genuinely one of the cooler establishments in the city. What and why tough is it here? We personally found here during our Extremes of Japan Tour and just after we had visited a Porn Cinema. Say…
It is not often that a bar turns my head to such a degree that I am left bruised, but that is exactly what happened at Muscle Girl Bar in Tokyo, a place that is now frankly infamous for me. This all occurred on the very first night of my rather special Extremes of Japan…
Whether by design or blind luck my first night in Tokyo and Japan took me to the Alaska district. I now know that this is truly a great place to party. This was of course as part of our Fukushima and Extremes of Japan Tour. What the Akasaka? After knowing little about this place I…
