I have become quite fascinated by Japanese surnames, and it is a pleasure to just…

Ever since he was one, our son has been happily greeting people we are meeting…

Every autumn our son’s kindergarten organizes an art exhibition with objects and pictures that the…

I had decided I would wait with a Christmassy post at least until middle of…

Suddenly the other day, my computer just decided to stop working, entering an endless loop…

Every weekday I put the alarm at 7.15 to have time to do all the…

Halloween was not over until the Christmas decorations started to pop up in stores and…

An integral part life in Japan is obento, Japanese lunch boxes (or just bento with…

Every time I take the bicycle to the kindergarten to drop off or pick up…

Here comes the alphabet rain, said my son one day when we were playing. It…

A big patch of rain passed by and left behind 15 degrees lower temperatures. Suddenly,…

The final day of our recent trip to Oita prefecture in Kyushu, I got the…