Like very year, Ritsuko managed to find me something a little special for Valentine's Day. As you probably know, in Japan it's split...

Omicron is spreading like wildfire in Japan as elsewhere, and Okinawa is hit by far the hardest. This is in no small part due to the America...

A happy New Year to everyone!   2022. The year of the tiger.  

This week hasn't been great. I mean, not lousy, but not great either. The tooth that broke in October was due to an old, old filling fr...

Okinawa is full of pumice.  Pumice floating along the coastline. When and where it shows up depends on the tide and the currents. Here a cur...

The definition of anguish? Sitting in a car with your lower jaw full of pain, on the way to a hospital for a root canal. The definition of s...

It was a very different summer than usual this year; I imagine it's been the same for all of us. No long-distance travel, just staying c...