On the second day of our Kyoto trip, we will visit the tourist spots in Kyoto.First, I bought a one-day subway and bus pass at Gojo subway station.With this pas...

I've been in Kyoto since yesterday on a trip.This is my first trip to Kyoto this year, partly because I can't take a long vacation since my wife started working...

The damage caused by super typhoon Odette has been felt by my family.My wife's sister's house was almost completely destroyed, we were told last night. After fi...

Two sad events happened in succession on December 16th. The first was that my wife's cousin's Swiss husband had died of a heart attack earlier that day.He was a...

When I search for a book I want to read on Amazon, they often recommend the Kindle version if the book is in e-book format.If it's a book you want to read immed...

The Balikbayan box that I sent to Cebu Island at the beginning of last month was delivered on December 11.Sagawa Express came to collect it in the evening of No...

The Sankei Shimbun's web edition carried an article about the increasing sales of hot-water toilet seats in the US. While the penetration rate of hot-water toil...