So wrote Robert Lewis, American co-pilot of the B-29 bomber that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, in the plane’s … Continue reading “My god, what have we done?”

No description of a trip to Japan would be complete without talking about the country’s railways. The image of a … Continue reading Japan’s wonderful railways (not just for train buffs)

When I told people I was coming to Japan a common response was ‘that will be different!’ I think there … Continue reading A world of difference

Travelling to Japan, the TV critic Charlie Brooker wrote, is like travelling to another planet. Whilst it’s still the case … Continue reading Calling occupants of interplanetary craft

I said in my first blog that I knew little about South Korea before coming here.  So I had no … Continue reading Seoul – city of protests