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More Tokyo train travellers
I’m approaching the end of our current month-long visit to Japan, so here are some more train sketches. For me it’s been a month...
StudioNIB
Jul 27, 20191 min read
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More Train Snippets!
Some more train sketches from my current sojourn in Tokyo. I’ve been here over two weeks now and it’s been a remarkably wet and cool July...
StudioNIB
Jul 18, 20191 min read
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Tokyo Train sketches
I’m back in Tokyo throughout this month, and, as is my habit, have been drawing people on trains again. As I’m staying in a central part...
StudioNIB
Jul 11, 20191 min read
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Sketches from Tokyo Part 2
Here’s a few more pocket sketchbook scribbles from my recent trip back to Tokyo. It’s always great to be in Japan, I never get tired of...
StudioNIB
Jan 24, 20172 min read
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30 years of Japan
Today will be remembered by many as the 1st anniversary of David Bowie’s death, but it also represents a special anniversary for me, as...
StudioNIB
Jan 10, 20175 min read
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Tokyo Exhibition report: In the Shadow of Giants
I’ve just returned from five heady weeks in Tokyo, soaking up life back in the old metropolis, the place I lived for nearly half my life....
StudioNIB
Sep 5, 20142 min read
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Mainichi Newspaper – News Without Words Part 2!
You may remember the map of the world I created for Mainichi Newspaper last year (the web interactive map is still online, see my...
StudioNIB
May 5, 20141 min read
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Tokyo Summer
As some may know, I’m back in Tokyo all through the summer, to organise an exhibition (more on that shortly), run a workshop for SCBWI...
StudioNIB
Aug 7, 20123 min read
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back from a sabbatical
I’ve been extremely quiet on the blog these last couple of months for which I offer wholehearted apologies. Since moving away from London...
StudioNIB
Jun 6, 20111 min read
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Japanese language blog
I’ve decided to try running a Japanese language blog for my clients and friends in Japan. I expect some of the material may repeat themes...
StudioNIB
Mar 10, 20091 min read
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Tea Pot Torment
Why can’t you find as decent western tea pot in Japan (or suburban Yokohama to be more specific)? Could this be a rant coming on? Yes it...
StudioNIB
Sep 19, 20073 min read
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Happy times
It’s been a day I’ll not forget in a hurry. My youngest son from my first marriage has been over to stay with me from London, which has...
StudioNIB
Jul 29, 20072 min read
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The Curse of Hackdom
Seeing the smooth transition of Dekune’s large expressive painted gallery works to the powerful images in her picture books made me...
StudioNIB
Apr 25, 20072 min read
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Avian Assault
Well, travels over, back home in Japan. It’s our first trip into town to do some shopping. We get out the station, climb the stairs to...
StudioNIB
Nov 2, 20062 min read
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Hakone photos
It was a simple, but elegant service. The vicar(?) was a Brit, and gave a sermon in stumbling Japanese that no one could understand, but...
StudioNIB
Apr 14, 20061 min read
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Hakone wedding
Now here’s somewhere that really is in the middle of nowhere. Last weekend was spent in Fujiya Hotel, Hakone National Park’s oldest...
StudioNIB
Apr 11, 20061 min read
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Local elections
Local elections are in progress as I write. For those who may not be familiar with this curious phenomenon in Japan, polling for votes...
StudioNIB
Mar 25, 20061 min read
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