Forget Habu (I've yet to see one). Forget cone snails, stone fish, sea snakes and blue-ringed octopii (1) . You can even leave typhoons,...

The rainy season is upon us. We get days with heavy rain alternating with perfect, beautiful sunshine. Which, come to think of it, is not al...

It's exactly a year today since I got my Japanese driver's license, and my "beginner" mark is coming off. It's also se...

So we've been to Sweden for a week. Not for holidays unfortunately, but for a family funeral. It was nothing sudden, it didn't come ...

So, "Premium Friday" is upon us. We're supposed to leave work at three pm the last friday of the month, to (presumably) spend ...

We have to leave for Sweden over next week or so to attend to a family matter. Not the best time of year for visiting Scandinavia, in the co...

Winter has arrived. On the mainland half the country has ground to a halt in a snowstorm. Here on Okinawa we have 14-17 degrees, windy with ...