A student brought some traditional Japanese toys and introduced them to me in his lesson.. They were the koma, beigoma, kendama, otedama...

Today, a fireworks display was held in my town, just one of many held throughout the summer season in Japan. They set off about 5000...

I went to watch a Takarazuka play today with my wife. The play was called “The Rose of Versailles”. I hear it’s hard to get tickets to...

My wife and I illustrated and wrote these books a while ago. I printed and made a couple of sets myself, but I look foward to seeing...

Today, May 11th was Mother’s Day here in Japan. In Britain it was on March 30th. I bought my mother-in-law these flowers as she likes...

I bought this book recently. It's a wonderful little book, except it’s not that little. I know its going to be a good reference book. ...

Today was the last lesson for one of my students. He had studied with me for four years. He gave me these cheese chiffon cakes as a...

I got these lovely chocolate treats from my wife today for Valentine’s Day, Yummy!

I watched Frank Valli live in concert today at Hibya in Tokyo. I never thought I would ever get the chance to see him live in my life,...