Daily Life January 13, 2015 Sunday Surprise A Sunday music performance turns into a special day with our neighbors.
Daily Life January 8, 2015 New Year: Daruma Festival and Koma Shrine Ringing in the New Year at Kawagoe's Daruma Festival and Hidaka's Koma Shrine.
Daily Life January 1, 2015 Japanese New Year Traditions Robert and I love traditions. And we go all out. Instead of focusing on Christmas activities this year, we
Daily Life December 17, 2014 “Isn’t Japan Expensive?” A few weeks back, I asked for your burning questions to be answered in future posts. Here’s a question from Cascadian Deni:
Play November 5, 2014 Kawagoe Festival 2014 On the third weekend of October, seemingly all of Japan descends on Kawagoe for the Kawagoe Matsuri. And apparently they’ve been
Daily Life October 22, 2014 The 5:00 Song Everyday at 5 p.m., the loudspeakers around town play a charming little tune. At first, I thought “well isn’t that
Daily Life October 20, 2014 Odds and Ends School is back in session, so October has been about settling back into routine and planning the next round
Eats October 14, 2014 Craft Beer in Japan I’m a beer snob. Let’s just get that out of the way. I’ll gladly pay $8 for a local
Daily Life September 19, 2014 Sitting on the Sidelines Watching from the bench and getting into the game.
Daily Life August 23, 2014 How Far Is It? Adding Perspective in a Larger World The world looks flatter from a distance. How do we bring back some layers of depth?
