Author Archives: Joel

Before I start, a letter to my mother: The fact that you’re reading this post means I survived to write it. I didn’t get hurt, or break a leg, or even skin my knees. Please keep that in mind as … Continue reading →

Once more, with feeling: Yesterday’s post now has photos. There are several restaurants near my hotel in Uguisudani, and every day I tended to think “well, if I can’t find anywhere I want to eat, I can always go back … Continue reading →

Continuing my trend of alternating late nights with less-late nights, it was 10pm before I even arrived back at the hotel… Pokémon Go is still reasonably popular over here. At least in the city, if I go to a raid, … Continue reading →

Yesterday’s post now has photos. Throughout most of Japan, they walk on the left, same as they drive – the main exception being Osaka, but Osaka likes to be obtuse like that. For some inexplicable reason, though they walk on … Continue reading →

Each room in this hotel gets its own SSID for the wi-fi, and a (presumably) randomly generated password. My password could well be a phone number in Woollahra. I’m just kinda glad it’s not my grandparents’ old phone number, or … Continue reading →