Akasaka Prince Hotel It's Christmas Eve, and I'm taking a break from my end-of year panic together with Ritsuko. We've had a non...

We're in Hokkaido for Christmas, where we're relaxing far away from the stresses of city life. We had a sleep in, had a long walk in...

The Huge rubber duck that floated by Nakanoshima island in Osaka this summer is back! There's a winter light festival happening along N...

Beginning of the holidays and amazingly life manages to become more, not less, hectic. Anyway, a recent nugget of news from a Swedish paper ...

Traditional Japanese Christmas cake. Traditional Japanese Christmas fried chicken. Really, it's no stranger than any of all the other od...

So, another Christmas come and gone. As you know, Japan doesn't really celebrate Christmas and it might be a little instructive to consi...