This year, Japan’s most successful video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto (宮本 茂) will turn 60. Arguably, he’s the most successful game designer in the world. His name might not sound familiar to you, but his body of work definitely will. Shigeru Miyamoto is the person behind such hits as ‘Donkey Kong’ (ドンキーコング), ‘The Legend of […]
Sightseeing in Kyoto.
During the Golden Week, I was visited by my family. It was their first time in Japan and I’ve decided to show them as much as possible in Kansai area. The idea was to do one-day trips in and around Kyoto. Most of the time we were able to be back home by evening, in […]
Smith’s Hanami (花見) 2012
So this year’s Smiths School of English Hanami Event is behind us and Spring is finally here. Like every year we’ve met in the big Osaka Castle Park (大阪城公園). When I arrived at 10 am, the whole place was already swarming with people in a festive mood. When I say ‘whole’, I really mean the […]
