Orrizonte is a bar on the 17th floor of Kyoto Hotel Okura near Kyoto Shiyakushomae Subway in the centre of town. It is notable for a few reasons, the first of which being that it stands at a nosebleed-inducing height. Most Kyoto buildings were...

Japan decided it’s bored of summer and prefers a more arctic look and has therefore become ridiculously cold. I am not at all happy about this. Not enough light and too many clothes make Andy a dull boy. ...

You may have heard that Japanese people are reserved in public and are not sexually gregarious. As ever, claiming that one race of people are different from other humans almost always turns out to be orientalism (in the Edward Said sense of the word)...

Niō literally means two kings and refer to the two large guardians either side of Buddhist temple gates. A holds a lightning bolt and Un wields a large sword. Iconographically the pair are thought to represent two sides of one deity name Misshaki...