I may have had a romantic experience with the Narita Express but the Shinkansen has had been captivated for years and while in Japan I clocked up a lot of miles going between Tokyo, Nagoya, Kyoto and Osaka on theTōkaidō Shinkansen as I made good use of my 21 day Japan Rail Pass which after being lost...

The fifth book in the Samurai Mysteries series by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler is called “A Samurai Never Fears Death” and follows up on the first four in the series Ghost in the Tokaido Inn, Demon in the Teahouse, In Darkness, Death and The Sword that Cut the Burning Grass. My interest...

The forth book in the Samurai Mysteries series by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler is called The Sword that Cut the Burning Grass. I have already read the first 3 books in the series Ghost in the Tokaido Inn, Demon in the Teahouse and In Darkness, Death which all had their individual and overlapping merits....

Train enthusiasts in Japan are ecstatic as East Japan Railway Company (JR East) official debuted the E5 Series Shinkansen or “Hayabusa” today which will be operating on the Tōhoku Shinkansen Line from Tokyo to Shin-Aomori with major stations like Sendai and Morioka. Hayabusa is Japanese...

The forth book in the Samurai Mysteries series by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler is entitled The Sword that Cut the Burning Grass and it continues the story of Seikei a merchant boy turned Samurai apprentice and his adopted father Judge Ooka described as many as the Sherlock Holmes of Japan. The sword...

Cartoon Network used to be my only source of anime, Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Gundam Wing, Endless Waltz and few other anime series and movies that I saw was due to them airing on that channel. It’s been years since I tuned into Cartoon network though, maybe I have outgrown the channel, maybe...

Been reading up on the New Gundam throughout the blogosphere for the past couple days and being the anime fan I am I am very excited. Gundam Wing is my favourite in the series with my favourite gundam being Heavy Arms. http://www.gundam00.net/ Excerpts from the Press Release for Mobile Suit Gundam...

Right back it’s usual spot on Monday night on NBC. I must say that the time flew, must have been all the Christmas and new years festivities. I kept myself occupied while waiting by writing posts on my least favourite characters, my favourite characters and you don’t have to guess who came...

It’s been over two months or 10 episodes since I first got entangled in the sci-fi goodness of what is the biggest new prime time show of the season; NBC’s Heroes which airs every Monday night. Just on episode is left for the mid season break for Christmas and I am itching to comment on what...