You might remember that I've got a bonsai of sorts . I still have no idea what I'm doing, but it's been healthy and growing, ...

We often go to Akashi, a town down the coast east of Kobe. It has a nice sleepy atmosphere, a good market street and some excellent food (o...

This is absolutely ridiculous. I had the Bali pictures all done in January. This text was drafted months ago. All I had left was to cut do...

So I got my licence. Of course, I last drove in traffic about fifteen years ago, before I came to Japan. And I probably haven't driven ...

Friday was the first day of my (hopefully rather temporary) unemployment. With a bit of free time on my hands, I'm taking the opportuni...

It's about 7° outside today, and a dreary ice-cold rain has covered Kansai all day long like a wet, clammy blanket. Curry-udon wit...

The Daimaru Shinsaibashi department store building in Namba, Osaka, is almost a century old. It's always felt a little old-world, a bit ...