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Out of the blue, I received an email from Wendy Nelson Tokunaga, the author of the novel Midori by Moonlight. While I had never heard of it before, the description in Wendy’s email made it sound like the reverse of this blog. Mine is a story of a handsome (!) young Englishman who followed his heart to the land of the rising sun in search of an asian bride and a […]
For six months of this year, I was blogging on another site of mine, Nice4Rice, but eventually gave it up for various reasons. Before I closed the site, I had promised my readers that I would write a post for Blog Action Day, but since I wrapped that blog up, it’s only appropriate that I make that post here instead. What is Blog Action Day? On October 15th, over 8,000 bloggers across the globe will, […]
Japan, like most developed countries, has so many laws and rules to abide by that I find it all quite suffocating. I previously wrote about the ridiculous number of traffic lights in Japan, and since I’m driving for an hour and a half every day I can’t help but get frustrated, and a frustrated driver is not a safe driver. So let me get this straight. Traffic lights are there to prevent […]
With the all the negative publicity sumo is getting, and the lack of native Japanese newcomers to the sport, Mami and I felt this would be a great opportunity to let Rikuto keep this great Japanese tradition alive. Sure, he may not be “100% pure“, but none of the top sumo wrestlers are. Apparently, at the time of writing, the top two wrestlers are Mongolian. Arudou Debito has some interesting […]
Our son, Rikuto, spends most of his time flat on his back. At less than three months old, he can’t yet roll onto his sides, let alone crawl along the floor. However, by the time he’s 10 months old he might be competing in the Baby Derby, a crawling race with other Japanese babies, all gunning for the highly acclaimed Swarovski dumbells! Thanks to Japan Visitor for the video. Can’t […]
I’ve always found Japan to be far noisier than the U.K, and this is something that prompted me to write Noisy Japanese Apartments, in which I listed seven causes of neighborhood noise. So while I knew Japan suffered terrible noise pollution, I never realized there were laws against it. In fact, with politicians, food trucks and biker gangs running rampant, I assumed there weren’t. That’s why it came as a […]
It’s nearly two and a half months since Rikuto was born and both Mami and I are relieved to see his neck is getting stronger – strong enough to support his head… for a moment or two. Until now, we’ve had to hold Riku in the cradle position because babies tend to have whopping big heads which their bodies can’t support. Riku is no different, although I think his sumo-sized […]
I’m very much hooked on Second Life at the moment. That means I’ve subscribed to a number of Second Life and virtual reality related blogs, and have been watching some videos on YouTube to find some places I haven’t visited yet. One such place was Princeton University, which has been recreated in Second Life. Princeton has created one of the biggest areas in the virtual world, spanning seven “islands” and […]