Mt. Takao
0Towards the end of November we hiked up Mt. Takao to see the changing leaves. The pictures in this post are backwards, so they start at the top of the mountain and go back through our adventure. A manhole cover.This… Read more ›
Imperial Palace grounds
0We took my parents out to the Imperial Palace grounds. It was really beautiful. It’s always rained when we went previously, so we never went inside and looked around. The moat. The dolphin that used to be on the gate… Read more ›
Halloween at Tokyo Disneyland
0While my parents were here we went to Tokyo Disneyland for the day. (They went for two days to celebrate their anniversary.) It was all decorated for Halloween, and was pretty fantastic. During the month of October, anyone can wear… Read more ›
Boro Ichi
0Boro Ichi is a great big flea market that runs for two days in December and two days in January. There are over 700 stalls. We came home with a sword for Bruce, kokeshi dolls for the girls, and plenty… Read more ›
Lots of pictures part 3
0This is the last post, until I load the pictures on from my iPod and discover a whole bunch I didn’t post. Shoganai. (It is what it is.) We went to Disneyland with my parents during the Halloween season. The… Read more ›
Lots of pictures part 2
0More pictures from the last couple of months. From the grounds of the mausoleum of Tokugawa Ieyasu in Ueno Park: Massive alligator in Ueno Zoo. Fortune telling machine at the Kiyomizu Kannon Temple. Tiny kind of liked it. Displays from the… Read more ›
Lots of pictures
0I realized today that I have pictures going back to at least October that I haven’t posted. So this is the first of a number of posts full of pictures. I’m going backwards in time- sorry about that, but it… Read more ›
Random thoughts
0I haven’t done a rambly post in a while, and I enjoy rambling, so here we go. It’s almost Christmas! In that spirit, I give you this: I post it every year, but it’s one of my very favorite things… Read more ›
Books I loved this year
0It’s not the end of the year yet, but I thought I’d put up the books that I enjoyed most this year. Usually when I do this, I look over the list of books I read for the year and… Read more ›
Books I read this week: December week 1
1These are the books I read this week. Bad Feminist: Essaysby Roxane Gay is a book that I think every single person would benefit from reading. It is just so good. Roxane Gay is so honest, so clear in her… Read more ›