Winter in Japan is very dry, so I often take advantage of the weather to make dried food. I especially enjoy making dried mushrooms and dried tomatoes. Making those is quite simple. I just slice them

A couple of weeks ago, a friend of mine from Texas introduced me a very interesting video clip, which was about the world's most expensive pencil. While chatting, we enjoyed watching it together.

Are you interested in eating healthy? If so, I recommend you nuts. Why? Let me explain about some benefits. Nuts contain lots of unsaturated fatty acids which humans can't produce ourselves. The

Today I went out to see a friend to have lunch and attend the Kanazawa Exhibition that we can enjoy looking around Kutani tableware and food from the region. Every year the exhibition is held at

Last month, I attended an art show featuring Leo Lionni in Kyoto. He is famous one story called Swimmy in Japan because the story has been in a Japanese textbook for the second grade. I've known him

Luxor is a Japanese kind of rose from the Japanese brand Rosa Orientis. I felt in love with the rose at first sight and I really wanted one. However, it's very popular among rose lovers, and the

Staying healthy needs lots of effort. Don't you think? We have to take care of our bodies by paying attention to our daily diets, exercising, dealing with stress, and more. We need to take breaks to

I usually think chatting over a phone in Japanese is a waste of time, so I don't do this, even though I've been chatting on Teams with some of my friends in English almost every day. I prefer seeing

A couple of days ago, the world's most famous female chimpanzee named Ai (愛) passed away at the age of 49. It's about over 80 years old in human life. She was known as a genius chimpanzee. How

I guess most readers don't remember this entry, so I'd like to share it again before writing about the sequel. This happened about half a year ago, and when I saw my vase was broken, I was shocked.

Today I went to downtown Osaka to attend my kintsugi ( a traditional Japanese technique for repairing broken china) lesson. While waiting for a train in a line, a foreign woman spoke to me in

Today, I went to Nara with my husband, my daughter and her family to have lunch. I'll write about the lunch in another post, and today I'd like to focus on a special ornament for New Year called

This post is sequel to my previous one. A couple of weeks ago, I dried some persimmons that are too astringent to eat fresh in order to make dried persimmons . When I bought them, the package

I heard this story from my Texan friend last month, and I'd like to share it with you here before forgetting. Do you know that there was a real person who served as the model for the world-famous

Two days ago, I was bitten by a mosquito. I guess some readers thought that there were no mosquitos in the winter, but they do exist. It was itchy first, but it gradually became painful. When I was

I know I need to let my all roses rest during the winter, so I have to cut some branches and take off all leaves. Even so, I can't help wanting to enjoy seeing a few of them still in bloom. Once the

In my New Year's entry, I mentioned otoso (medicinal sake), but I didn't explain well because I wanted to write about it on another post. Today I'd like to explain it in more detail. Otoso originated

Since last summer I'd been knitting a pullover for myself. It's took over four months to complete, but I'm happy with the result. I think knitting is one of the great ways to improve our patience and

I have a friend from Bolivia but I haven't contacted with her for a while, even though I sometimes thought of her. On New Year's Day, she called me via a messenger. I was very surprised! She had been

Yesterday my family and I visited a nearby Shinto shrine together, which is a part of our New Year tradition called 初詣 (hastumoude) in Japanese. We visit the Shrine every year, and it has become our