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Fireworks

Every year each city puts on a one-hour fireworks event, usually in the middle of the summer holidays. They really are quite spectacular...

Yesterday, I went and saw fireflies (hotaru, 蛍) for the first time in my life. We went to a place held secret by friends of ours to see...

I don't know how to write this properly, but I feel compelled to write. A very good friend sadly and unexpectedly lost someone close to...

Every neighbourhood has their local shrine and temple. Remember the difference: a shrine is for the Shinto (native) religion, and a...

Thanks to those who contacted, but we are all ok up in this area of Japan. The recent earthquakes were around 1,300km away in Kumamoto,...

Just a short post. A lot has happened since the last post. The Japanese school year ends this month, Friday March 25 to be precise, so...