Izumoshi Taisha [Izumo City Grand Shrine] was another spot on my list of places to visit in Japan but again the distance from Tokyo had put me off. I was reminded of it after watching Zatsu Tabi and it also happened to be near Sakaiminato so I decided to add it to my itinerary. C...

After an early morning breakfast at 7 to avoid the rest of the hotel crowds I went for a walk. It was rush hour, plenty of people in suits off to work but most of central Akiba isn’t awake until 11 which meant, no maids around. Pretty good time to take the Osmo Pocket I bought to...

So I had a meeting down in London and the last time I been there was over 10 years ago when Shinkai was there for a live interview. Since I was down there any way I thought I'd visit some of the places; mainly museums. Then it occurred to me the K-ON Movie was also set there so I...