I wasted a whole day trying to find a damn coin laundry. I had googled that there was one in the suburb next to me – and it didn’t seem that far but once I entered the winding pathways of the concrete Daikanyama jungle.. well I was screwed. I wasted 3 hours walking around.. passing […]
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I headed out to Shimokitazawa – an area that’s quite well known amongst youths for second hand shops, record stores and other little hole in the walls such as cafes. I took the Yamanote Line to Shinjuku Station then transferred to Odakyu Line where it stopped at Shimokitazawa – but probably don’t do that. Best […]
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I went to the 100 yen store and bought some goodies, then to the pharmacy to get some stuff for mum. Japanese pharmacies sell everything. Then I met my dad at St Marc Cafe – my new hub. I pretty much have eaten this chocolate croissant everyday since I’ve been here – it’s so bad […]
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Thanks to a great long time fan and friend of my music. I got to visit the J-Wave Radio station 81.3FM the biggest in Tokyo.. streaming to over 1 million people at any one time. It was a huge radio station.. with some cool artefacts too. Like a signed surfboard by The Beach Boys. Disco […]
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Today was a simple day.. I walked for a very short period around Daikanyama, next to Ebisu where I am staying. I just wanted a rest day so I took it easy and set up my apartment ready for the next 2 weeks. I got to Mission’s at Koenji for sound check to find that… […]
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The hotel we stayed at was so nice. It was the biggest hotel room I’ve seen for Japan. I got a suite that had a huge bath tub and bathroom, luggage wardrobe and a huge king sized bed. I enjoyed a face mask and bubble bath courtesy of the hotel too. Haha I really relaxed […]
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For breakfast we had standing udon. It’s for real quick eating and usually at train stations so that people can move on and get to where they need to go. I’ve never eaten standing up like this haha so I guess it was an experience for me. It was so cheap yet so delicious! […]
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I arrived at 6:55pm the previous day to be met by my father. Straight away, I dragged him to the Tonkatsu restaurant on the top floor as I love, love, love tonkatsu. We then drove back to Kawasaki where he lives, hung out with him and his wife Kay and then fell asleep on the […]
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Had a big day yesterday! In the morning I headed in to 4ZZZ to chat with Quentin of Divers-A-Tea and played an acoustic version of Cupid. In the evening the band and I made an makeshift acoustic getup as this week’s house band for ABC Radio Evenings with David Curnow with Lachie Mackintosh and the […]
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I am so excited and so happy to announce that I will be doing a Japan tour with Taiga Yamazaki (山崎怠雅) in November. Taiga has just released his second album, ‘Monolith To Umi’ and we will be taking on eight acoustic shows over the week to celebrate. I hope to see any locals or those […]
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