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Tottori Dunes
Tottori Dunes is the only desert environment in Japan. It’s a funny place, a large expanse of sandy hills with the ocean on one side and mountains on the other. It’s a fifteen minute drive from downtown Tottori. This was not how I expected a desert to be. I imagined that desert had to be…
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A Dam Walk
After a couple of days of migraine, I needed a chance to breathe fresh air, so Tod & I took the train to Okutama on Sunday. We asked at the sightseeing office about local highlights and they suggested we head a little way out of town to the Ogouchi Dam. I think there may be some spectacular…
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Jumping Grandma
The Frisk campaign launched on 9/1 and a friend spotted me on the train that very day. The next day, I found myself on the Yamanote line with Heather….and there I was, leaping for Frisk. My tattoo has been Photoshopped out and I’m wearing a white wig and some daggy clothes, so it looks nothing…
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Skipping Past Middle Age
The new haircolor, but all the old wrinkles. Yesterday I experienced a difficult blow to my self-image and ego. I was at a photo shoot for what will be a national ad campaign in Japan. I was thrilled to get the gig; it was my first official, not-for-a-friend modeling job. I was asked to bring…
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Towelkets
Allow me to introduce you to one of my summer necessities, the towelket. I cannot imagine this season without these lightweight cotton terry blankets. They are perfect for sleeping on and under in the sticky Tokyo heat. I splashed out and bought new ones yesterday and realised I’ve never seen them outside Japan. Japan has…
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Audition
A few weeks back, a friend connected me to his agent for a specific hoop-related project (which hasn’t come together yet) and now the agency has been contacting me about other jobs. I’ve been in Tokyo for 13 years and have never once been to a modeling audition or even considered myself modelling material. But…
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Electroshock
Yoga may have the appearance of a gentle sport, but don’t be fooled. I managed to massively overstretch my rotator cuff in a vicious Thread the Needle last month and keep reinjuring it doing Chaturanga. So, having bollocksed it up again yesterday morning, I decided to seek medical attention at my favorite sports clinic where…
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Another Rainy Shoot
This time, I had an umbrella. The photoshoot in the middle of yet another Sunday downpour was taken by Chel Beeson and will be used on a website for an onsen resort here in Japan. I love my ad hoc modeling gigs. The photos depict me and my mate Phil as a happy couple enjoying…
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Rainy Robots
Yesterday I had the honor and joy of helping out with the video shoot for Jesse and Will’s song, Hooked on Robots. The day dawned warm and sunny. There was forecast rain in the late afternoon but it didn’t seem likely. I was out and about early in the day and I was already sweating.…
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Merry, merry month of May
There are two months in Tokyo that make me gloriously happy because they have the absolute best weather – May and October. I’ve been enjoying this year’s May very much. It’s combined a lot of outdoor time with hooping and some new skills, too. First, I hosted a Guru-guru Camp during Golden Week. 15 people…
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