Restaurant in Nagoya with a giant crab over the door. You can’t tell from the picture, obviously, but it’s animatronic–the legs move up and down! I have video to prove it. 😉 … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2011
No pretty Japan pics today as this was mostly a travel day, not a sightseeing day. More tomorrow! In the meantime, I wanted to talk about free books. Specifically, ways to win free copies of the Give Up the Ghost … Continue reading
Daibutsu, the Great Buddha in Kamakura. … Continue reading
Night view out the window of our Tokyo hotel room. … Continue reading
Beautiful spring colors by a bridge, at the Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden in Tokyo. … Continue reading
Statue of robot from Laputa: Castle in the Sky, at the Ghibli Museum in Tokyo. (About ten feet tall!) … Continue reading
Torii leading toward the Meiji Shrine (Meiji-jingu) in Tokyo. … Continue reading
Cherry blossoms in Ueno Park. Even though it was drizzling (see all the umbrellas), the park was busy and lots of young people were still having cherry blossom viewing parties, sitting on plastic sheets on the ground under the trees, … Continue reading
I mentioned yesterday that I had a reason for changing the blog schedule–the reason is, my Japan trip is still on, and I’m leaving tomorrow morning! I’m very excited for a few reasons. One, because I’ve wanted to visit for … Continue reading
Posting this today instead of the usual Friday for reasons I will explain in another post tomorrow. 🙂 One week from the paperback release of Give Up the Ghost! And here is the last song from the unofficial soundtrack for … Continue reading