Category Archives: Fun

On Getting Drunk with your Boss in Japan

Posted on April 20, 2011 by E.

If you live in Japan, you don’t drink at work. You work at your drinking.

Posted in Food, Fun, Tradition | 13 Comments

Japan’s Least Popular Arcade Game |

Posted on January 19, 2011 by E.

I’ve developed something bordering on fanaticism for the Taiko Drum game and spend way too much money and time in video arcades as a result. “Game Centers,” as the kids call them, are usually a few floors with gambling on … Continue reading →

Posted in Fun, Uncategorized, Video, Weird | 4 Comments

On Abandoned Ski Resorts in Japan | 逃散

Posted on November 23, 2010 by E.

I spent Halloween on top of a mountain in Oita Prefecture at a 3-star resort hotel in an otherwise abandoned resort complex surrounded by rice paddies, a ski slope overrun by weeds, two empty minimalls, a locked-up bowling alley and … Continue reading →