It was my birthday yesterday, and true to form we took the chance to go out to eat. This time we headed to a place called "Lawry's...

Fukuoka manhole Golden Week saw us heading to Fukuoka, out toward the northern end of Kyūshū. It's not too far — just 2.5 hours on th...

There are easy instruments to play, and there are instruments that are hard. The ukulele beginner will be able to play tunes much faster th...

We spent a few wonderful days in Fukuoka in Kyushu over Golden Week. I'm working on the pictures, but that will (as usual) take a bit of...

Ah yes, the joys of middle age. I was just preparing dessert for the two of us — vanilla ice cream and strawberry jam — and added some shave...

Cherry blossoms. So in the end we did have a decent cherry blossom viewing after all. We went to Kawachi Nagano in southern Osaka to visi...

Rain, rain and more rain. The cherry trees are blooming, but the petals are being washed away even now. The weekend promises yet more rain. ...