I've now worked from home for three weeks. During this period Japan and Okinawa predictably went from "I'm sure somebody is tak...

It's been a month and more, and here on Okinawa we're still doing well. Japan was one of the earliest countries to get infected, bu...

It's Ritsuko's birthday, and this year we were going to celebrate with a concert and birthday dinner in Osaka this weekend. Except...

The tradition for Valentine's day in Japan is that women gift men; then the men reciprocate a month later on "White day". That...

It was time to renew my residence card, and to do that I had to visit immigration. In Osaka this would involve getting there before opening ...

I like coffee, and so I read r/coffee on Reddit on a regular basis. Last week one user posted that they like to have coffee and cereal i...

Ahh, another new year! It didn't start great — I came back to Naha Monday and I've already burned our tea kettle, and some of our...