Tokyo Photographic Art Museum

An enjoyable visit to an idyllic photographic museum in the heart of Tokyo.

A Visit to Imayo Tsukasa Sake Brewery

In my second post of three about Niigata’s sake production, I take a tour around a traditional sake brewery, and get a little drunk…

First in a series of three posts looking at Niigata Prefecture’s rich sake culture – with some coloured pencil illustration, too!

An itinerary for a day trip in Tsurumi, easily reachable from the Tokyo/Yokohama area.

In August 2018 I went to see an exhibition I’d been looking forward to for a while – the Jōmon … More

Part 1 of 2 about a beautiful exhibition in Nagano, Japan.

I love painting animals. Continuing from my painting of the Japanese Macaques relaxing in their hot spring is a painting … More

When I was living in Yamaguchi Prefecture, to the south of Honshu in Japan, I always enjoyed trying the local … More

With spring finally upon us, I wanted to paint something to suit the season. Last year when I was living … More

Last year I took a trip to see the house of Thomas Glover, a British man who lived in Meiji … More