みどりの日, or Greenery Day as it is called in English, is a holiday during the…

Sometimes there are coincidences that make life happening around me seem almost choreographed, like a…

The new school year has started and for our son that means that he now…

Living in Japan and writing a blog about everyday life here, avoiding a cherry blossom…

During the school spring break we had dear visitors from Tokyo who used their little…

Quite often mum is working late so it is only son and dad that do…

It is one year now since our son started kindergarten. In Japan the school year…

Every night, our son is looking forward to bedtime. Not to sleep, but to hear…

For some people, spring is cherry blossom, sakura, late March pick-nicks in the park under…

March 3rd is girl’s day or doll’s day in Japan, coinciding with plum blossoms and…

Every so often I find an opportunity to introduce some new aspects of life or…

I have come to love Japan, the nature, culture, food, the people – I feel at…