Tag Archives: Japan

Tophatsu

Posted on September 7, 2014 by spikekalashnikov

The final installment of the great adventure starts on Shell Beach. Shell Beach not because of the shells but because of the artillery ammunition Ben found there. It is of course a beautiful beach and Dileas is well moored fore and aft … Continue reading →

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007

Posted on May 20, 2014 by spikekalashnikov

Time to get my driving licence renewed. A licence here only has a lifespan of 2 years. They are called hamster licences. My original getting of a license was much facilitated by Rei san who showed me what to do. … Continue reading →

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And the Living is Easy

Posted on February 5, 2014 by spikekalashnikov

Here is an example of how nice it is to live in Japan. My much-loved G10 breaks down. https://quietripple.wordpress.com/2013/09/15/the-murdering-canons-roar/ Who you gonna call? Why the help number on the Canon web site, of course. They go through a thorough fault-finding … Continue reading →

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Throwing Up

Posted on December 22, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

It is Winter in Okinawa. Then, too, they say, thro’ all the burthen’d Air, Long Groans are heard, shrill Sounds, and distant Sighs, That, murmur’d by the Demon of the Night, Warn the devoted Wretch of Woe, and Death! Wild … Continue reading →

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“But Did Thee Feel the Earth Move?”

Posted on November 10, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

I remember reading Hemingway and in ” For Whom The Bell Tolls” this bloke asks his er partner after an act of coitus, “Did thee feel the earth move?” I always thought this was very bloated male bollocks. By the … Continue reading →

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Madeleine

Posted on October 22, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

Japan is a country where you take your shoes off a lot – at the dentist, in many restaurants, certainly upon entering a home, yours or someone else’s. If you take off your shoes then usually you put them back … Continue reading →

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Eyeless in Ishikawa

Posted on September 1, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

I bought some new prescription sunglasses, which arrived last Friday. I had 3 pairs of sunglasses 3 months ago but I broke or  lost all of them in quick succession. I had glibly said to the spectacle shop guy, optometrist?, … Continue reading →

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Umi no Hi

Posted on July 15, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

Japan is a great place for National Holidays. They crop up all the time. They sneak up behind you and go “Boo!” when you least expect it.  Today is one such. It is Ocean Day. Marine Day (海の日 Umi no Hi?), also … Continue reading →

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Impotent

Posted on March 31, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

So I wake up this morning to a dramatic storm. I always sleep with my windows open because my Mummy told me to. This has a disadvantage when you live by the sea, as in storms, huge waves come crashing … Continue reading →

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Wrapped up in a Five Pound Note

Posted on February 23, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

As I leave my office on Friday  I notice that someone has placed a beautiful blue bag on my desk. Inside there is an exquisitely wrapped package and an envelope. Inside the envelope there is a card, which of course … Continue reading →

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