Outdoors & Sport
Tokyo 2016 Project
Recently I have been busy working with 3 fellow J-Bloggers on a community blog project to support the Tokyo2016 Bid for the Olympic and Paralympic Games.…
Topic
Outdoors & Sport
Gardens, parks, mountains, golf and sport in Japan.
93 posts · page 5 of 6
Outdoors & Sport
Hatagaya, Olympics, Tokyo 2016
I was invited to an event held at the Fukuda kindergarten (福田幼稚園) in Hatagaya, Shibuya, over the weekend and attended with Shane Sakata from The Nihon…
Characters
Rilakkuma at golf
Just catching up now on the photos from the golfing trip last week with Rilakkuma. The weather was not bad, the score not the greatest, but Rilakkuma came…
Outdoors & Sport
Golf is never boring
I played golf in Chiba yesterday and for those following on twitter @Shibuya246 you will have seen some of the tweets live as I made my way round the…
Outdoors & Sport
Cloud Patterns
I played golf today in Chiba and will be posting tomorrow details of the day which included a detour to the back of a police wagon for my friend after…
Outdoors & Sport
Take Me Out To Golf
I recently wrote about the gaining popularity of golf with Japanese girls . Today, I received a promotion mail this morning from ALBA.Net , the publishers…
Outdoors & Sport
Golf at Mt Fuji
I recently had the chance to play golf at Asagiri Country Golf which is located right next to Mt Fuji. The views from the golf course of Mt Fuji were…
Culture
Inside the locker room
Having spent four hours on the golf course staring at Mt Fuji most of the time it was nice to get back in the clubhouse and hit the locker room for a…
Outdoors & Sport
Boys Day, Mt Fuji
I went away on the weekend to play golf near Mt Fuji and just got back. On the way to the golf course I passed a rest area with parks and childrens play…
Outdoors & Sport
Golf Range, Marukobashi
I tried out a new golf driving range the other day on the banks of the Tamagawa River (多摩川) near Futagotamagawa. I normally visit the Kasai Lotte Range…
Outdoors & Sport
Outdoor Live Jazz
I was walking up the hill at Sakuragaoka-cho when I came across this live jazz festival under the Sakura trees. Of course a Sakura festival is nothing…
Outdoors & Sport
Sakura in Sakuragaoka-cho
With the cold weather, the Sakura have taken a while to come out. Most years we tend to have one day which is really warm and the Sakura bloom quickly…
Outdoors & Sport
Golf gains popularity with Japanese girls
In the bubble years, the image of golf in Japan was one of wealthy businessmen paying exorbitant sums of money to be members of elite golf courses where…
Outdoors & Sport
Sakura on its way!
The prediction for Sakura to arrive in Tokyo this year was the 22 or 23rd of March. With the weather forecast for rain tomorrow, it looks like Monday 23…
Outdoors & Sport
Solar Bear - Odaiba
The Solar Bear stands outside of the entrance to Mediage at Odaiba (お台場) in Tokyo. It represents the threat of dramatic climate change. The statue has a…
Living in Japan
iPhone Earthquake Application
The iPhone has not proven a big hit in Japan but that has not stopped a number of applications that were popular with the imode range of phones being…
Outdoors & Sport
Odaiba Ume and Sakura Map
Nice touch of Spring here as the Ume blossom at Odaiba. Tokyo is set to have its first Sakura blossoming around the 22/23 of this month. Here is a really…
Outdoors & Sport
When is Spring in Japan?
Whilst it sounds like an obvious question there is no real good answer for "When is Spring?". Traditionally we might look at crop cycles or blooming of…