Whilst Rigu news has to go where the audience is, and that’s usually Facebook, Instagram, or X, I think it might be fun to get back into blogging about the business.

At the very least, it will give me a record of what is happening at Rigu that’s on my own platform, not one owned by a billionaire, or fed to people through an algorithm. If you’re here reading this, it’s because you want to be, not because an equation decided you might like it.

Quick story about the photo above. I was walking around the Ginza district in Tokyo taking photos in early 2024 when an Irish man called Enda shouted “I know, I know, I’ll take your photo with your camera!” He rushed over and let his bike crash to the ground, we had a chat about why I was wandering around Ginza on my own, and he gave me a beer from his bag, encouraging me to have it on the metro ride back to my hotel.

It was a bit of an odd encounter, but it was great to chat to someone after almost a week of being in China & Japan and not having any conversations beyond ordering food & drink.