In a desperate bid to contain the escalating monkey problem in Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture, authorities are offering the public 200,000 yen to capture any of the Japanese macaques causing problems. To successfully earn the bounty, citizens have to successfully lock …
On the way to Tokyo I stopped at Shizuoka. Near Higashi-Shizuoka railway station they’ve assembled a giant Gundam robot. All hail our new robotic overlords. In Tokyo I visited the Tokyo Game Show, the biggest computer games expo in the …
I arrived in Japan a couple of weeks ago. I visited friends in Osaka and then went out to Kanazawa. It has one of Japan’s most famous gardens – Kenrokuen. Then I stayed overnight in Shirakawa-Go in Gifu Prefecture. The …