Strong earthquake in Osaka this morning, Shindo 6+ at the strongest and about Shindo 5 right where we live: The red "X" is t...

I renewed my drivers license for the first time here in Japan. In Sweden it was easy: every ten years you got a renewal form that you filled...

My coffee plant has bloomed! Well, sort of. I got the plant about two and a half years ago, when it was still just a small seedling. They no...

Golden Week — the string of back-to-back national holidays — is almost over. We spent it in Osaka, mostly doing nothing in particular. I...

Life is good right now. We had some happy family news just recently; and the weather here on Okinawa sprinted from a chilly winter, right th...

Every so often — once a month or so — Ritsuko goes to Osaka while I stay here in Okinawa to work. It works really well; she visits our relat...

Beginner Drivers' Mark My wife Ritsuko has just taken her drivers license. She took the driving test a couple of weeks ago, took the...