Play / Travels October 9, 2015 A Fruitful Day in Ogawa A day of hiking in Ogawamachi in the foothills of the Okuchichibu Mountains.
Daily Life / Play / Travels September 23, 2015 Kinchakuda Festival The Kinchakuda Festival in Hidaka City runs every weekend from now through October 4, 2015. Check out the great local food vendors, live music and the nearby farm offering horse rides and a petting zoo.
Daily Life / Play July 7, 2015 Tanabata: The Evening of the Seventh It's Tanabata, the seventh day of the seventh month when star-crossed lover reunite and folks all over Japan head out for festival food and parades.
Daily Life / Eats / Play / Travels May 7, 2015 The Golden (Week) Rule Enjoying the Golden Week holidays with farmers markets, Oregon beer, phlox and hiking
Eats / Play December 5, 2014 A Random Day in Tokyo A trip to Tokyo VegefoodFesta turned into an awesomely random day in Japan's capital city
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
Play / Travels October 10, 2014 Climbing Mount Fuji “He who does not climb Mt.Fuji is a fool, but he who climbs Mt.Fuji twice is also a fool.” —Japanese proverb One of the items
Play July 16, 2014 Hiking Hiwada Before leaving the U.S., we’d started to get into hiking. With the beautiful natural areas in Oregon, it’s not
Play June 20, 2014 Lost in Japan… Again When I set out for my runs, I always have the same plan. Go halfway, turn around, go home.
Play April 10, 2014 Baseball: Hawks 4, Lions 3 On Tuesday night, we made our first trip to the Seibu Dome, home of the Nippon Professional Baseball League’s Saitama
