English Posts

●2014/05/13 Indignant at au’s response to my smartphone malfunction… (continued)

The repair ended up free, cover included — but au’s support still left a bad taste. A record of how they hinted at a paid repair before playing their hidden card.


●2014/05/12 Outraged by au’s response to my phone breakdown…

The phone’s symptom was that when I launched the camera app, the camera would normally switch using the “camera function switch,” but the app wouldn’t recogniz…


●2014/05/11 R152 Touring

During this year’s Golden Week, I took a trip from Tokyo to Nagoya, combining it with a visit back home, and did some touring on R152.


●2014/05/10 Home Server URL Change and Other Things

Upgraded Movable Type from 4 to 6 after the URL change — and my first post in two years, with notes from ARABAKI ROCK FEST.14 after a 400km drive to Sendai.


●2012/09/17 This Summer’s Live Event Roundup

Lately, I’ve been mostly posting on Mixi, so I haven’t updated my blog. Anyway, I’d like to do a roundup of this summer’s live events.


●2011/05/08 JAPAN JAM 2011

It’s been a while since my last blog update. There’s been a lot going on, like the earthquake. I hadn’t felt like updating for a while, so I took a break.


●2011/02/17 Posting from Smartphone

About a week has passed since I bought a smartphone. Now that I’ve finally gotten used to it, I tried posting a blog entry as a test. .


●2011/01/03 COUNT DOWN JAPAN 1011 @ Makuhari Messe

☆☆☆ Artists I saw ☆☆☆ ◆Day 1 (December 28)◆ On Day 1, there were fewer attendees compared to Day 2, so I was able to move around to various places quite freque…


●2010/10/24 Cycling ~A Lap Around the Yamanote Line!?~

…However, I drank too much the day before, so we ended up departing at 2 PM. We departed from Osaki and took photos of each JR station as proof.


●2010/10/12 The Reason My Blog Didn’t Show Up in Google Search Results

The reason is, Google’s crawler is googlebot.com. Why, you ask?


●2010/10/11 Cycling: Yurakucho → Kasai → Arakawa Cycling Course → Oji → Kasai Rinkai Park → Toyosu

Perfect cycling weather: Yurakucho to Kasai, up the Arakawa cycling course to Oji, then Kasai Rinkai Park and Toyosu — 80 km in 5 hours, a new personal best.


●2010/10/09 CEATEC JAPAN 2010

CEATEC JAPAN 2010 on its free final day: I went for glasses-free 3D and au’s IS03, but what stuck with me were three keywords — smart grid, 3D, and eco-everything.


●2010/10/04 Miura Peninsula Cycling

A 51.3 km ride around the Miura Peninsula, starting from Misakiguchi Station with a folding bike on the Keikyu Line — Jogashima, the coast, and a tuna lunch along the way.


●2010/09/25 Back on the Bike After a Long Break

Summer is finally over. Cycling season. Cycling season. Last year I managed to ride even in summer, but this year that wasn’t happening.


●2010/09/23 Moon-Viewing Night

Apparently inland Tokyo hit above 34°C again today — and yet, it’s already the mid-autumn moon-viewing night (Jugoya). It’s supposed to be autumn.


●2010/09/21 A Baseball Game at Jingu Stadium

First ballgame since moving to Tokyo: Jingu Stadium’s low outfield fence puts you at eye level with the players — a fresh feeling for a Dragons fan raised on dome stadiums.


●2010/09/12 Sightseeing in Kyoto (Part 2)

Day two in Kyoto: bus to Kinkakuji, Kitano Tenmangu, then on to Kobe — 52,000 steps and 32 km over two days. Kyoto rewards exploring on foot.


●2010/09/10 Sightseeing in Kyoto

Stopping over in Kyoto at last, with one theme: walk as much as possible. Day one covered 32,881 steps and 20 km, from Kiyomizudera to Arashiyama.


●2010/08/29 a-nation ’10

I went. Verdict: a complete away game for me. Yeah. Male to female ratio: roughly 2:8. Over half were there for JUNSU/JEJUNG/YUCHUN. Team color: orange.


●2010/08/11 The Afterglow of Festival Season

One year into my festival life, I laid out every T-shirt and scarf towel I’d bought. I used to wonder why anyone paid for festival tees — now I get it.