G’day Folks! Hope this blog post finds you well. One of the most known districts of Tokyo is a place called ‘Akihabara’ or ‘Akiba’ for short, which a lot of people want to visit when they come, including myself. Akihabara is known for being the home of alternative Japanese culture, a centre for electronics, a …
Continue reading Akihabara Dreaming – What is a Maid Café Like?
The author shares photos from a rainy day in Akihabara, highlighting the unique atmosphere created by the weather. Despite the rain, they captured interesting shots, including one of Super Potato, a gaming store. The post concludes with well wishes for readers, encouraging them to enjoy the journey wherever they are.
Akihabara is one of the famous districts in Tokyo, a mixture of colour and life, electronics and computer games, of Maid Cafes and Super Potatoes! I was keen to get down to it and no way was the rain going to hold me back! In today's video I check out the Don Quijote Department store …
Continue reading Maid Cafes, AKB48, Video Games and Manga – This is Akihabara!
G’day Folks! I hope this blog finds you well. I planned to post on my current trip last Saturday, unfortunately I have been so super busy it wasn’t humanly possible to get it done. As you can tell from the title, I am now in Japan! I have a three and a bit week getaway …
Folks my final vlog compilation from my 2011 footage is with you today! And it's the big one - Tokyo! I take the Shinkansen and then explore Akihabara and more of Tokyo. So please do check it out! https://youtu.be/r3M__fXrboU Thanks as always and May the Journey Never End!
Wham bam thankyou Mam! Tokyo is a city with everything. It’s an incredible combination of skyscrapers, neon lights, parks and shrines, salary men and cosplayers in the Harajuku area. It has Maid Cafes, a Robot Restaurant (still to visit for me!), two Disney theme parks, a tower, a Skytree, and incredible metro system, brilliant museums, …
Recorded in Ueno Park, Ueno, Tokyo, the sixth episode of the World Journeys Podcast includes not one but TWO Andrews! Fighting off crows and temple gongs, this podcast is a great listen. Andrew Higgins talks to me (Andrew Boland) about his two years thus far in Japan. Andrew loves Akihabara, he's even visited a Maid …
Continue reading World Journeys Podcast Episode Six – with Andrew Higgins.
So, you know today's pop music, perhaps more than ever before (let's be honest this is always an ongoing criticism) has become homogenised and samey? Well, here in Japan they have seriously taken that to another level, and quite frankly, it's a worry. Yep. AKB48. Sure, I've talked about AKB48 before, and for those …
Continue reading Japanese Girl and Boy bands, and what’s the deal there?
A Scottish island girl exploring the world on a budget
exposing the inner-world of my brain
My second blog page
Put pictures on your travel dreams
The beautiful picture of angels makes you happy.
inspiring journeys and friendly advice
A Scottish island girl exploring the world on a budget
exposing the inner-world of my brain
My second blog page
Put pictures on your travel dreams
The beautiful picture of angels makes you happy.
inspiring journeys and friendly advice
Andy's World Journeys 