Was at the office in Shinjuku most of the day today. Was busy with the usual stuff and kept at my various projects and duties until I decided it was time to take a break and have a little sneaky peaky at da interwebz.
First stop, as usual, BBC World News. And the top stories were?
Ah, [...]

Hit the commute home on the Odayku line an hour and a half ago to find it not only snowing, but it was piling up more and more on the platforms of the stations we passed. By the time I got off at my station and started walking back to my apartment, the town’s streets [...]

I finally went and saw “Avatar” yesterday afternoon. I can’t really give a good reason why I wasn’t interested in seeing it before, but somehow the pre-release hype and the masses of people saying “Dude, ‘Avatar’ rocks!” just put me off.
Should’ve known better, I guess.
First of all, I love James Cameron (Titanic, too) and the [...]

I sat there eating my bowl of noodles while Ken Hirai’s “Pop Star” played in the backround. Then, it hit me…
Déjà vu.
I’ve had this experience before, I thought. But when and where?
Lately, I’ve been having these episodes more and more. Some I can put my finger on, others I can’t. I guess I’ve been in [...]

I’ve been working in both Yokohama and Shinjuku all month, and yesterday I found myself done with the Yokohama side early so I decided to chill in the Bay Quarter for a while since the weather was pretty decent. And, since one of my new hobbies is trying to take decent shots with my iPhone, [...]

Tokyo Filter.com was down for about twenty four hours starting yesterday afternoon (Tokyo time), and I apologize for any sadness this may have caused you, dear TF readers.
Ok, ok, I’m not that delusional. But, just in case…
Anyway, the big pisser about the suspension of service is that the hosting service provider put a message up [...]

Ok, Tokyo Filter has been around for a couple of years and this is the third incarnation of the site. However, it now serves as my blog, the same way 7:10 to Tokyo did.
The reason for the switch? Well, 7:10 was originally meant to be a blogazine with several contributors, and in the beginning, it [...]

Ever seen the movie, The Cincinnati Kid with Steve McQueen? Well, if you’re someone who likes movies, you should see this one. If you’re someone who likes poker, you should see it. In fact, if you’re someone who likes poker, likes movies, especially movies about poker, and you haven’t seen The Cincinnati Kid, what the [...]

When I was living up north, near Sendai, I used to dream of the day I could move to Tokyo and start a life here. Not that there’s anything wrong with the Tohoku Region. In fact, I loved living there and there’s a lot I miss about it. However, there was no way I was [...]

It’s the first warm evening of Spring this year. My buddy and I are having drinks in Kabuki-cho at a bar that has an outdoor table. It’s about time for last train and hordes of individuals start coming out of the heart of the Cho to make their way back to Shinjuku Station and then [...]