So you want to start investing in Japan, maybe you know exactly what to do in your home country, but now you’ve decided to live in Japan a little longer than originally expected and want to put your money to work. Not the 0.000001% your bank’s savings account is going to give you, but real…Continue Reading “Investing in Japan: Opening a Securities Account”
The amount of trails on the back doorstep of the west Tokyo area are growing the more I learn about this great city I call home. One recent place a few friends and I have been getting out to is Ome and running the trails there. If you’ve done Takao (see our post about running…Continue Reading “Trail Running in Ome, Tokyo”
If you’re anything like me – running city streets or the same old view starts to get very mind numbing. Desperate for a bit of change, a friend and I decided we’d try some trail running. I love trail running, but to be honest I don’t get to do it very often – but enjoy…Continue Reading “Trail Running Mt Takao – Mt Jimba, Tokyo”
Somewhat of a recent find for me. After surfing for years and living in Kanto for over half a decade and some how I had never heard of these tropical like Tokyo/Izu islands, and the fact that one of them has insanely great surf on it (possibly others too, but for now I’ve just hit…Continue Reading “Surfing in Niijima, Tokyo Islands”