Daily Life / Play October 27, 2015 Kawagoe Festival 2015 Last fall, we enjoyed a day at the Kawagoe Festival, the largest and oldest festival in our little slice
Daily Life / Travels June 15, 2015 Heavenly Poppies The heavenly poppy fields of Sainokuni Friendship Farm.
Travels April 17, 2015 Life and Death: Varanasi, India Varanasi is a city of life and death, each playing off each other in the world's oldest city
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 24, 2014 ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas I started thinking about “The Christmas Post” a few weeks ago, somewhere around the writing of Thanksgiving in Japan. I’ve even been kicking
Daily Life December 24, 2014 The Emperor’s Birthday The holiday spirit is alive and well in Japan, but not for the holiday you might be thinking about...
Travels November 25, 2014 Kyoto: Fushimi Inari and Kiyomizu-dera Day 3 of our Kansai adventure takes us to Kyoto, where we visited Fushimi Inari Taisha and Kiyomizu-dera, one of Kyoto's 17 UNESCO World Heritage Sites
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
