WHERE HOWARD GOES
Travel photography and storytelling by Howard Cheng
Stories
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Experiencing the Emirates for the first time with Arsenal Women
Last weekend, I finally made it to my first Arsenal Women football match at the Emirates Stadium. Holloway Road station on the Piccadilly Line is the closest station to the Emirates Stadium only some five minutes’ walk away. However, it is usually closed on match days due to capacity issues, and so I made my…
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Watching Arsenal Women for the First Time: West Ham v Arsenal
In my first post of this series, Following Arsenal Women: N5 and Beyond, I reflected on why I wanted to support Arsenal Women specifically by watching more of their matches live. While looking through the list of fixtures, I decided on West Ham Women v Arsenal Women. You might think a home game would be…
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Watching Football: from TV to the Stands
Football has always been a part of my life. The first major tournament I really remember was the 1990 World Cup. Ruud Gullit stands out in my memory, largely because of his dreadlocks. Though to be honest, I did often confuse him with Carlos Valderrama and René Higuita. Despite growing up watching football, I have…
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Hidden London: Charing Cross Station
The London Transport Museum holds Hidden London tours every so often, exploring the areas of the London Underground network that are normally closed off to members of the public. Over the Easter Weekend, I joined the guides of the London Transport Museum to explore the old Jubilee Line terminus at Charing Cross. Entering the Underground…
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Hiking on the Sólheimajökull glacier
Getting off the van and onto the uneven ground of the Sólheimajökull base camp, we were ushered towards a group of guides stood by some picnic tables piled with equipment. With a helmet on my head, and an ice axe and crampons in hand and after a safety briefing, our group followed our guides along…
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Japan’s Struggle with Tourists’ Bad Behaviour
Recently, Japan tourism has hit international headlines with rather controversial stories. On 8 March 2024, The Guardian reported that Kyoto would be banning tourists from parts of the city due to the bad behaviour of tourists affecting locals. On 30 April 2024, The Mainichi reported that Fujikawaguchiko had started work to construct large black screens…
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Brief Reflections on the Sky at Night
I have always had a fascination with the night sky since I was a child, and I always enjoyed re-reading the mythical stories of the fabled heroes who have constellations and cosmic bodies named after them – Perseus the demigod and Andromeda his wife (a constellation and a galaxy respectively), Cassiopeia (Andromeda’s mother and a…
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T’is the Season for Hanami
春が来た桜花は開く長くない The spring has now comeCherry blossoms are bloomingBut only fleeting I usually find myself preferring the cold and dark of winter, all the more so coming up to December with the gentle glow of Christmas lights. I sometimes wonder whether I may have reverse seasonal affective disorder, where I find summer makes me tired,…