Month: March 2009

Japan & Internet: less than ubiquitous

Now, the people I spoke to before I left Canada assured me that I would be bathed in internet in Japan. The wireless would fill the air like oxygen. I could practically tune in and download terabytes of information using only my brain. This is just not true. My experience, and the experience of several […]

Shibuya Gothika

On my first Friday night out in Tokyo, I went to a goth club in Shibuya. Fighting off exhaustion after 17 hours flying and in airports, and another 2 hours on the train to get to Shinjuku from Narita, I nearly passed out at the hotel, but managed to stay awake long enough to call […]