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Tanuki-chan... brought home on Papa's birthday (Monday) So... I have a sick and/or injured Tanuki (Japanese Raccoon Dog) in my gar...

Kinmokusei... Osmanthus fragrans There's a lovely Tang in the air.  I love the smell of this tree in the fall... That's liter...

Summer festival was loads of fun... at least, 'til the thunder started... *So* sorry to be gone this long-- I had no idea we would h...

Kappa Maki! Gomen nasai!! Apologies for the sudden blog break-- but Dominic was right, last week was the last week of school (meanin...

...listening to scary Typhoon Wind outside... It's been raining/ pouring in bursts all day (no pool at school:-(( ... and we're ...

When Japan plays America, well...  I have to sit on the fifty-yard line (you know what I mean) wearing stripes and polka dots ;-)  Who do I ...

Groups of Geisha Crossing the Spit of Land to Enoshima, Hiroshige, c. 1850 The boys had baseball all afternoon last Sunday, so it was ...

Two days of laundry... Sometimes I think Japanese housing is so arranged to keep women permanently chained to the home... Of course, ...