My new sentence for the day is : Watashitachi aisukurimu o tabete Harajuku ni aru. It means, We are in Harajuku eating ice cream. Today we went into Harajuku to Yoyogi Park to ride bikes with some friends. I took… Read more ›
Today we went to Toneri Koen with some friends. It took about an hour to get there, but it was worth it! The weather was beautiful, and the park was green and gorgeous. And it was nice and warm- perfect… Read more ›
Today is a National Holiday in Japan- Greenery Day. It’s supposed to commemorate Emperor Hirohito’s love of nature without directly mentioning his name. Â (The day used to commemorate his birthday each year when he was alive.) Since parts of his… Read more ›
At this moment, things are quiet. Z has had a fever since yesterday, so the girls are reveling in the bliss of relaxing in front of the TV; Tiny gleefully reaping the reward of Z being sick. They’ve discovered some… Read more ›
What I read this month: The Case of the Bizarre Bouquetsby Nancy Springer : This is another in the Enola Holmes series, and in this one John Watson goes missing. Enola’s had run ins with him in the past and… Read more ›
Brandy posted an excellent question in the comments the other day- “I don’t know a lot about Japanese religious/spiritual life; what are the shrines “to” or “for”?” I had the same questions when we got here, so he’s what I… Read more ›
Today is the beginning of Golden Week, a week chock full of Japanese holidays. A lot of Japanese take the whole week off, since Monday, Thursday, Friday, and the following Monday are all holidays. Today is Showa Day, and per… Read more ›
Today was a gorgeous day in Tokyo, and after lunch we decided to head out to Tamagawa. It’s an area one stop away from where we’ll be living in Denenchofu, and it has a large river that runs… Read more ›
Today we went to the Ueno Zoo, situated in Ueno Park , which is incredibly beautiful this time of year. I took a LOT of pictures. The girls found dandelions and had to make wishes. And Tiny had to throw leaves… Read more ›
We are in the final process of nailing down the house that we’ll be living in when we move here in July. The story of how we came to this house is one I need to write about at some… Read more ›
