New Online Store and New Guidebook for Fukuoka

Following the release of Finding Fukuoka: A Travel and Dining Guide for the Fukuoka City Area, I have launched an online store over at FindingFukuoka.com. This means that my newest work as well as Osaka Insider: A Travel Guide for Osaka Prefecture are now available to customers in Japan. Both works can also be purchased together as a set for a discounted price.

Furthermore, customers in Japan have the option of adding and author signature and/or a personalized message to the book(s) they order. For customers in Europe and the United States, both Finding Fukuoka and Osaka Insider are still available as usual on amazon. Click on the appropriate link in the “My Publications” of the sidebar on the right or else visit to online store for links to relevant pages on Amazon in your country.

Osaka Insider Featured in Kansai Scene (and Minor Guidebook Update)

Although I have officially retired from writing for the Osaka Insider blog (currently writing for Finding Fukuoka), I was recently featured in Kansai Scene, the major English-language publication for the Osaka area. They talked to me about my ramen in Osaka as well as my favorite ramen shops in the city. Take a look at the article online or pick up a copy of the November issue if you are currently in the Kansai area.

Another small update regarding the guidebook: Due to conversion problems (from paperback to the Kindle edition), I have temporarily removed the Kindle version from Amazon. I hope to put it up for sale again once I work out the relevant issues, and I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Print copies of the guidebook can still be ordered as usual from Amazon in Europe and the United States, or you can contact me via the Finding Fukuoka contact form if you want to order a copy in Japan. I hope to make the Osaka Insider guidebook as well as the upcoming Finding Fukuoka guidebook more readily available in Japan through an online store once the latter has been published.

Osaka Insider Guidebook Now Available in Europe and on Kindle

Thanks to everyone who has read the Osaka Insider guidebook so far! This is just a quick update to let you know that it is now available in Europe on Amazon.co.uk (UK), Amazon.de (Germany), Amazon.fr (France), Amazon.it (Italy) and Amazon.es (Spain) in addition to its Amazon.com (USA) availability.

Furthermore, the Kindle edition is now available for those of you who want to add it to your digital library (also available for Kindle  on the above-mentioned European sites).

I am currently working on a Fukuoka guidebook, as well. You can find out more about Fukuoka at my Finding Fukuoka blog!