Geocaching is always something I've wanted to get into, but there's a lot of effort that goes into organising and maintaining... Read more »
Goodies
- Tweet
Gunkanjima Geocache
Geocaching is always something I've wanted to get into, but there's a lot of effort that goes into organising and maintaining... Read more »Documenting Adventures in 2014
Greetings fellow explorers! It's been quite a while since my last haikyo post - over half a year in fact. Although this one does... Read more »The Japanese Zeitgeist: 10 Buzzwords of 2013
As a followup to my popular Top 50 Buzzwords of 2013, Anthony Joh, director at Gaijinpot and producer for the well-known Tokyo... Read more »Top 50 Japanese Buzzwords of 2013
In what's become something of an annual tradition here on Gakuran.com, I'm back again analysing the Japanese words of the year -... Read more »Ama – The Pearl Diving Mermaids of Japa ...
One of the lesser-known but fascinating parts of Japanese culture is that of the Ama pearl divers. Ama (海女 in Japanese),... Read more »How to Buy the Things you Love from Japan
Have you ever wanted to buy certain products from Japan but found it difficult to do so? You may not have realised, but there is... Read more »Gakuranman: A History Through the Pages
Gakuranman is ten years old today! Okay. Technically 'Gakuranman' is much younger, since I only started writing under this... Read more »Half Cat, Half Hoax?
Today a Kickstarter email landed in my inbox entitled 'Projects We Love: Stranger than Fiction'. As an enthusiast for the... Read more »