Akihabara

Since I've been getting nostalgic about visiting Japan recently, I'd thought I'd share some of my pictures and videos of Akihabara. For those who don't know of Akihabara, it's a shopping district in Tokyo that is a mecca for anyone interested in computers, electronics, games and otaku goodies. If yo...

 
View from Osaka Tower

 

I've now been back nearly a week now from my latest holiday to Japan and as I look back at it now, it's a good opportunity to share the experience.

 

Those who have followed my blog will have known that although this isn't my first visit to Japan, it's the first that isn't part of a package ...

 
Ghibli Museum Sign

The first article about my last visit to Japan took us up until the end of the first Sunday of the trip. If you haven't read it yet, you can read it here.

On the Monday we headed west of Shinjuku to Mitaka and Nakano. Our first port of call was the Ghibli Museum, designed by the world-famous Hayao ...

 
Ikebukuro, Japan

 

At the end of the week, I'll be heading back to Japan - not that I live there, of course, but I love the place so much that to me it feels as if I'm returning, rather than 'going there'. Have been fortunate enough to go there twice - both times before I went with Japan Journeys on their Manga T...