Tag: 2023

2023 memories

I’m late to the party but here’s the year.

january
I was in Manchester

february
Trip to Hagi – Izumo – Matsue – Sakaiminato – Kurashiki – Takamatsu.

march
Cherry blossoms and a nighttime cruise.

april
Nezu and azaleas and uni friends.

may
Yokohama to see Scott Murphy.

june
Some family were in Tokyo and a trip to Chichibu

july
Hiroshima to see…Rivers Cuomo and Scott Murphy – I think the highlight of my year.

august
=W=eezer in Odaiba and fireworks

september
Back to Manchester.

october
Friend’s wedding and chomping my way around Manchester.

november
More food, this time ...

2023 books: a year in review

Books

  1. Ghost Story – Peter Straub 
  2. Falling Slowly – Anita Brookner
  3. Things Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe 
  4. Thin Air – Michelle Paver
  5. Kitchen – Banana Yoshimoto
  6. Breakfast of Champions – Kurt Vonnegut
  7. The Last Children of Tokyo – Yoko Tawada
  8. The Witches of Vardo – Anya Bergman
  9. The Bullet that Missed – Richard Osman
  10. Little Fires Everywhere – Celeste Ng
  11. Rule, Nostalgia – Hannah Rose Woods
  12. The Wild Goose – Mori Ogai
  13. Ravenous – Henry Dimbleby
  14. Invisible Women – Caroline Criado Perez 
  15. English Pastoral: An Inheritance – James Rebanks
  16. Life for Sale – Yukio Mishima
  17. All the Lovers in the
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Weezer: Zepp DiverCity Tokyo, Odaiba 2nd August 2023 JAPAN

Weezer have been in Japan! They played three shows: Fuji Rock, Osaka and Tokyo. I went to the Tokyo show but also saw Rivers in Hiroshima. I wish I had gone to the Osaka show too, but I didn’t want to do Tokyo to Hiroshima to Tokyo to Osaka to Tokyo.

They played Tokyo last night (02.08.23) in Odaiba. We were very close to the front and we weren’t allowed to take photos whilst they were playing so not much variety unfortunately and most of the pictures I’ve screen shotted from my husband’s video.

They played some amazing songs! ...