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Japan in my Jimny My name is Chris Price. After 40 years in Japan, it is time to explore it! I worked in finance (for too long) and ran a hotel in Karuizawa (for too long).

Now I have set off in my Suzuki Jimny, by roads less travelled, to explore. Enjoy my trip!

"Economy class is a bit tight" feels Harry -taking up three rows of a recent Ryan Air flight
15/06/2026

"Economy class is a bit tight" feels Harry -taking up three rows of a recent Ryan Air flight

"I was so proud of us Hippopotomai today. I found a 4,000 year old blue hippo in the British Museum gift shop! £65 - unf...
09/06/2026

"I was so proud of us Hippopotomai today. I found a 4,000 year old blue hippo in the British Museum gift shop! £65 - unfortunately over my budget" says Harry ruefully

"Do you have a larger one?" Harry asks the QR code, not quite understanding, but as always trying to fit in, this time L...
02/06/2026

"Do you have a larger one?" Harry asks the QR code, not quite understanding, but as always trying to fit in, this time London.

“I wonder if we could spawn the Zambezi with herring?” wonders Harry, as always trying his best to blend in.
25/05/2026

“I wonder if we could spawn the Zambezi with herring?” wonders Harry, as always trying his best to blend in.

“I am rather partial to postwar American abstract art,” muses Harry."The liminal threshold between existential dread and...
24/05/2026

“I am rather partial to postwar American abstract art,” muses Harry.

"The liminal threshold between existential dread and chromatic silence. One doesn’t view a Rothko, one submits to it.”

“You just said what? You’re a fu***ng hippo,” says Dave.

"These cobblestones are treacherous"Stag night in Tallinn
19/05/2026

"These cobblestones are treacherous"
Stag night in Tallinn

Harry accosts a pair of Moomins just outside Helsinki -"This is identity theft!" He booms."I'll see you at the I.C.H.R.*...
15/05/2026

Harry accosts a pair of Moomins just outside Helsinki -
"This is identity theft!" He booms.
"I'll see you at the I.C.H.R.*" he fumes

*International Court of Hippo Rights

Harry tries his schoolboy French:“Twenty-four portions of your Pommes de Terre Lyonnaise and ALL your Quiche Lorraine, p...
14/05/2026

Harry tries his schoolboy French:

“Twenty-four portions of your Pommes de Terre Lyonnaise and ALL your Quiche Lorraine, please.”

"Your oversized pet eat an entire crop of premium sh*take mushrooms!" exclaimed the slightly miffed oba-chan"I hope my W...
10/05/2026

"Your oversized pet eat an entire crop of premium sh*take mushrooms!" exclaimed the slightly miffed oba-chan

"I hope my WISE card can cover it" I start to pray - reaching for my wallet

"So sorry - they are like Maltesers" explains Harry

"Mister Takemawari. I am awfully sorry, I accidentally swallowed your beagle, I shall of course replace it" says HarryMi...
09/05/2026

"Mister Takemawari. I am awfully sorry, I accidentally swallowed your beagle, I shall of course replace it" says Harry

Mister Takemawari crumples into the dust of the Karuizawa dog run

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