I want to share my favourite commercial as a special treat to you, my cherished readers. You know, to give something back. It's not a particularly clever commercial, has no amazing visuals or handsome actors or deep message. On the first viewing it's mildly amusing, in that quirky Japanese way, ...

Meet Shuma James Nakazawa. He was born September 20th, weighing 3854 grams and measuring 50 centimetres- a big, healthy boy. He had a little trouble breathing though and had to be taken to hospital, where he was kept for a week. We were sad to be apart but he got lots of love and care from the...

A few weeks ago we celebrated our 11th anniversary. I was all set to tell the story of our wedding and took a bunch of pictures of our old wedding photos (we were wed in the pre-digital era, unfortunately, so getting the pictures online is not an easy process) and then I was hit with a bout of...

Something strange has been happening to me lately. It all started with a mysterious urge to go barefoot, especially in the kitchen. Not so strange, perhaps, as here in Japan it's pretty normal to be barefoot indoors. A little weirder though, was what I was actually doing in the kitchen: desp...