On this bright sunny Saturday morning, I visited all nine (!) bridges connecting Shinkawa to the rest of Tokyo. It’s a good excuse for an exercise and is also a good way of exploring the neighborhood. I see Shinkawa as a small “island” surrounded by bridges and rivers including the huge Sumida River to the…
Category: Japan
Professional Soft Darts Player
My friend, who owns a darts bar in Kagoshima, is now a Professional Soft Darts Player! He’s one of only four from Kagoshima prefecture and is the only non-Japanese professional player in Japan! He’s Filipino! Cool!
Not a Beginner Anymore
This weekend, I did what I’ve always wanted to do ever since coming to Tokyo… I enrolled myself in a Tennis School! I searched the web for the nearest tennis school to my place and found the VIP Indoor Sports Club. I initially signed up for a trial beginners class (初中級) but they were keen…
Roppongi Hills and Zip Codes
I just learned today that each floor in Roppongi Hills has a different zip code. Yes! You read that right… each floor has a different zip code! 106-6101 is the zip code for the first floor while 106-6102 is the zip code for the second floor. The last two numbers indicate the floor number. How…
No Cubicle Hogging!
In addition to the list that my friend so diligently prepared in her blog, I would like to add the following line: No Cubicle Hogging! I think one of my floor mates selfishly reserved one of the cubicles all to himself. He found a way to lock and unlock it from the outside such that…
Wasted Saturday on 4400
I just finished the whole third season of the 4400 television series and now I know why I shouldn’t even be starting the first episode of the first series of any of these series in the first place. They can be so addictive!!! So addictive to the point that for Season 3, I started when…
Nine-Ball Magic
Yesterday night, I won 5 straight games against various players and another 5 straight games against a person I know (and everybody else knows) is a better player than myself. Pure luck? I don’t think so. Hehe.
"Prim and Proper"
We all know the meaning of the English phrase “prim and proper” but how many of us know the meaning of “prim”? I needed a dictionary to get the meaning of that one.
Travel Cafe Philippines Tokyo Shop
Long have I searched Tokyo for a Filipino restaurant/cafe where I can proudly take my non-Filipino friends. Kainan in Roppongi is one of those places (and we do love the food and the warm hospitality there) but when compared to the Thai or Indian restaurants in the area, it may look a little too “small-business”,…
Vertigo New Year
Happy New Year to all of you! Enjoy this Vertigo Fireworks Display at the New Year Countdown at Sea Paradise in Yokohama.
No Handkerchief
Just when I thought everybody in the world carries a handkerchief in their pockets, a Japanese friend told me he doesn’t, and most of his Japanese friends don’t, and I can only guess most of his friends’ friends don’t either. Instead they carry tissue paper, like the ones you get for free in front of…
13th Friday
https://youtube.com/watch?v=lKtbYA7vtsc Meet my Friday Group.
Enrico in Tokyo 