Nathan Dimmock

Coffee, Travel and Tech 👨‍💻

Nathan is a computer scientist who likes designing, engineering and operating compute infrastructures at scale. Currently on assignment in Tokyo, moving to Japan after the global COVID pandemic has reignited his passion for travel writing and photography. Some blog posts about technology and other geeky topics are also inevitable.

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Shimoda and the Izu Peninsula

6 October 2024

Japan Photographs

With the temperature in Tokyo still higher than a typical British summer’s day, but a little more pleasant than the fearsome highs of August in Japan, we decided that September was an ideal time to explore the beaches of the Izu Peninsula.

New Zealand: Whitianga and Ōrere Point

16 September 2024

New Zealand Photographs

From the holiday park at Shelly Beach it was less than 50km by road to the town of Whitianga on the peninsula’s east coast.

Coromandel Township and Shelly Beach

8 September 2024

New Zealand Photographs

Coromandel township, sunset at Shelly Beach, and the amazingly eccentric world of the Waterworks.

New Zealand: Ōhope Beach to the Coromandel Peninsula

31 August 2024

New Zealand Photographs

After a wet day on Moutohora, the weather turned fine again day for our long drive from Ōhope to the Coromandel Peninsula.

Hakone Open Air Museum

25 August 2024

Japan Photographs

Wishing to squeeze in one more adventure before the end of the school holidays, and escape the stultifying summer heat, we decided to take a day trip to the popular mountain region of Hakone.