Had a wonderful lunch at Park Side Cafe in Ueno with a good friend of mine whom I’m commissioning for the cover of my upcoming 25 Cafes in Tokyo, Japan eBook cover. Looks absolutely fantastic and exactly what I had in mind. Here’s a preview of the cover sketches. Super excited about launching my first 25 Cafes guidebook in the next few weeks. Will include all of the Tokyo cafes featured on the site so far … Read entire article »

Some cool news today. A week or so ago, I got an email from Anthony Joh asking me if I wanted to be a guest on his new podcast, Tokyo Podcast to discuss smoking in Japan and chat a little about 25 Cafes! Naturally I agreed and had an absolute blast chatting with him. You can check out our conversation in the latest episode here and make sure to check out his other episodes, especially if you’re … Read entire article »

Hello and welcome to my new project, 25 Cafes! What you see right now is the very early stages of the blog form of 25 Cafes. I’m sure you’ve noticed that some of the colour choices seem a bit off and that there appears to be a major lack in content posted. However stick around and throughout the week (and beyond) the appearance will be tweaked to visual perfection and I’ll be adding new posts … Read entire article »