This self-anointed Japan expert calls our summer nights 'sultry.' A more accurate description would be hot, stifling and airless, which I think was coined by Somerset Maugham.

"Nothing is impossible."

Grammatically this letter was written by an imbecile.

Day 6: Hiroshima to Kobe.

Day 6: taking the Shinkansen to Kobe today. This is a piece that I wrote about the city based on some pre-war postcards that I inherited. grahamthomasauthor.wordpress.com/2020/05/17/kob…

Hiroshima: the Dome. Eighty years since the dropping of the atomic bomb.

Day 6: Kobe - and a sushi lunch at Jun, a place with a good reputation.

Day 6: Kobe's Sannomiya district.

Mike Frift filming at Key West in August 1988 on Licence to Kill. Photographer not confirmed.

Day 7: Kobe to Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai. Expos nowadays no longer generate the same level of excitement as they did when I was a nipper. Nonetheless seeing the moon soil samples in the China Pavilion was special.

To celebrate John Carpenter’s classic Escape From New York premiering on this day in 1981, win a signed copy of my book ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK: The Official Story of the Film, now in Japanese, German and French editions by subscribing to my YouTube channel #EFNY Titan Books

That is some Expressway. Osaka. July 2025.

This is my formal proposition to the Jews, especially British Jews who keep saying that I, a part-Palestinian, British NHS doctor, should be deported. Since you have access to our British medical boards, media, police, and government, and have had me investigated by the GMC and

Day 8: Kobe this morning.

This is the only photo on X showing the ⁦Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai⁩ manhole cover that is inside the Expo site itself.

Looks beautifully graphic but the fountain area in ⁦Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai⁩ is now closed off because of Legionella.

When you experience the standard of driving among the Japanese clearly the test can be passed blindfolded.,

Ikuta Jinga, a shrine dating from the 3rd century in Kobe, and one of the leading shrines in the country. Visited by Mum's with their new born babies; students hoping for good exam results, and tourists.

Here's hoping

Storm clouds gather over the centre of Kobe.