So, a while ago my coffee plant decided to bloom, despite really still being to small to do so properly. Imagine my surprise when this sho...

This summer I've started running. For real. On the road. Using my legs. Selfie at Manko park (no sniggering, Kansai people) in Naha...

It's summer, and OIST gives me more vacation days than I know what to do with. So I took two days off — today, Thursday and tomorrow Fri...

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...