Magic Bus

One of the wondrous things about Japan is that it allows me to put my two most defining characteristics — namely, being a cheap bastard and a raging alcoholic — right out there into the public view with nary a blink of recognition.
Enter the Magic Bus.
What is this enchanted bus, you ask?
Every year, our [...]

Ask for me to-morrow and you shall find me a grave man

You may not have known it, dear Reader, but strange and bizarre machinations were at work this past three-day weekend.
In an event so massive it’s a wonder that central Tokyo didn’t implode from the sheer weight of it, several of this city’s most prolific bloggers decided to team up in the flesh for a night [...]