March 3rd this year is an event called “Hina Matsuri.” “Hina” means doll and “matsuri” means festival. This is an event only for little girls,[…]

When I first came to Japan 12 years ago, I only knew the pain of hay fever through hearing accounts of it from relatives who[…]

Here in Japan, women give chocolate to men on Valentine’s Day. Men, in turn, do nothing. When I first heard this, I thought it was[…]

I recently stumbled across another song that I’m currently in love with. I was first struck by the title, “Kakurenbo”, which means Hide-and-Go-Seek in Japanese.[…]

I’m really happy to say I have a photo that’s going to be exhibited online at Las Laguna Art Gallery. You were guaranteed a spot[…]

I stumbled across this song on Amazon Music, and I have to say it has a hold on me I can’t explain. It feels like[…]

I’m very happy to announce another literary website has chosen one of my short stories. You can read the story on the In Parentheses website[…]

Winter after Christmas is, quite frankly, miserable. Where I live, I get the added treat of it being cold enough to be horrible to venture[…]

The events I read about today drove me to write my first political entry in this little blog. When I was in high school, my[…]

This is the last entry I’m going to write for this year. I hope you’ve enjoyed this little blog so far! In Japan, it’s customary[…]