Edinburgh was a blast. We stayed with our friend Dr. Mouse and we climbed to Arthur’s Seat and held the whole city beneath our gaze and our feet. We battled the winds and the chill and enjoyed the comfort of warm winter jackets in spring.
(Devil tried on at least twenty of Dr. Mouse’s jackets and …
You think you might as well wait another year. A different month, a different battle lost or won. And in the end it matters not, not really. Things always change, faster than you think, more liquid than we can grasp. Every endeavour, every breath, every gasp our last.
We will disappear.
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The Castle
We live in the castle, away …
Summer in Europe. What does that mean to you?
For me, it is many different things — activities, places, people: Sunbathing in the Englischer Garten, a large public park in the heart of the city of Munich. Running through a Spanish thunderstorm at three in the morning in Barcelona. Barefeet on the lawn, toes curling in the …
There is enough time for one last meal in Tokyo before we retire to bed, and on the morrow, we will wake very early and take the first train to Narita and breakfast at the airport. We will fly home, to Kuala Lumpur, back to our Malaysian shores. It will be a warm welcome — …
June 3, 2010 – 3:54 pm
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By Kenny Mah
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Posted in Food, Life, Travel
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Tagged akihabara, ameyoko, asakusa, ghibli museum, ginza, goodbye, hakone, harajuku, ikebukuro, meiji, okachimachi, ramen, roppongi hills, shibuya, shinjuku, tokyo, tsukiji, ueno, yanaka
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And on the last day, there really isn’t much left to do but to spend the morning walking in the gardens, soft winds blowing cherry blossoms into our hair, pack some bento lunch for a slow picnic with other lovers of this gorgeous Japanese spring, snatches of song in the air, watching amateur artists and …
Time is running out. Only a couple of days before we have depart from Tokyo and fly home. And there are still so many sights left to see? Which to see first? Which would we have to skip?
Oh decisions, decisions…
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1. Akihabara Electric Town & the Anime Manga Mania • Akihabara
We begin with Akihabara (秋葉原), which translates …
I love the films of Hayao Miyazaki, his songs of innocence in worlds less than innocent: The Castle of Cagliostro. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. Kiki’s Delivery Service. My Neighbor Totoro. Howl’s Moving Castle. Spirited Away. Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea.
And my personal favourite, Princess Mononoke.
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I mean — giant boars and wolf …
