Night walk in Nakano and Don Quijote at 2am
Don Quijote is infamous for being a crammed shop that sells almost anything. Need a new bike, 2kg rice, sex
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When Construction Workers Wake Up
It’s perfectly safe to take a nice stroll at 3 in the morning in Tokyo – for the most part
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Vegetarian restaurant Govinda’s in Nakano
Nakano Station is only five minutes away from Shinjuku via the Chuo Rapid Line. The area around the station is
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Night walk in Nogata
Not the usual photo walk, but it works: Leave your home in the evening/night, select a street and then just
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Night full of snow in Nakano
There is very few snow here in Tokyo, so naturally I take many photos whenever it snows. At 11pm there was snow-rain outside and I decided to just walk from my apartment to the next convenience store.
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Nakano Matsuri
There is always something happening in Tokyo, especially from March to October. I like to use the excellent event list
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The Cats of Arai, Nakano: Purrfect cat party
My tiny apartment in Nakano doesn’t have many amenities, but it does have a call-a-cat service. Sometimes the cats are even there before I call them! Meow!
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Heiwa no Mori park: Beautiful autumn colours
So far I have been to a lot of places to watch the autumn leaves but one place I haven’t visited so far is “Heiwa no Mori” (peaceful forest). Which is kind of weird considering it’s only a two minute walk from my apartment.
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Accidental festivals & Apple workshops
Another Sunday, another JLPT study meet-up in Shibuya. Afterwards, organiser Wye-Khe had to go to the Apple Store in order to ask about the iPhone’s power adapter (which can recharge all USB devices, it’s currently being exchanged).
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Nakano flood
Usually the river/channel near my apartment barely qualifies as a stream. It is also ugly and really should buried underground.
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Nakano Snow Wonderland! (this time for real)
Ok, so the first snow day wasn’t that impressive and I only had my mobile phone camera with me. But today came some heavy snow and I decided to grab my Konica DSLR and head out to photograph Arai, Nakano ward in snow.
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