Last month, I had a fun time with a friend. We walked through the longest shopping arcade in Japan, which is 2,6 kilometers and headed to a restaurant where my friend had made a reservation. Since we

This post is a squeal to part 8, and if you are interested in it, please click here. To learn more about my Egyptian friend ZZ's country, my husband and I headed to the Egyptian Pavilion. There was

Are you interested in having exotic animals as pets? Some people love keeping them, but I'm not interested. I don't think we should adopt wild animals as domestic pets, but I enjoy watching videos

Last month, I attended in a porcelain exhibition featuring Yabu Meizan (a china painter, 1853 to 1934) with a friend of mine. Before the show, we had a wonderful lunch, and I'll write about it on

About two weeks ago, I planted some vegetables. Since then, I've been quite busy and haven't had enough time for gardening. In addition, lately, it's been raining a lot, so I hadn't checked how my

A festival was supposed to be held at my neighborhood Shinto shrine tonight. It's a big event around in the area, and many people visit every year. I think especially young children were looking

Today, I attended an antique fair, but before writing the fair itself, I'd like to share something about some antique postcards I found there. Since I'm a huge fan of antiques, I had been really

Since we had some apples, I decided to make some apple pies. First, I sliced them into quarter rounds to made the fillings. I placed them in an enamel pot and added brown sugar equal to 40% of the

I painted this Swatow-style mug for my friend from Kyushu. When I received a message from her saying she would visit me, I started painting this. Since she loves the color yellow, I decided to paint

Although the Expo Osaka 2025 has already ended, I have three more journal entries to share. My husband and I visited the Expo venue again a couple of seeks ago. That day, we visited lots of spots,

Sumo is a traditional form of Japanese wrestling with a long history, which started over 1500 years ago. It was officially designated as Japan's national sport in 1909. In ancient time, sumo was

I love going to different farmer's markets, and a couple of weeks ago, I went to a new place with my husband. In front of the entrance, lots of seedlings were on sell. As we walked in, we spotted

Today, I'd like to introduce a local dish called sara udon from Nagasaki Prefecture in Kyushu. There's a restaurant in my hometown that serves it. When my husband and I visited his parents' grave, we

I've heard the same story from two of my friends from overseas: one is my British friend, and the other is my American friend. After posting an article about an art show in Kyoto (you can read it

Every year I make miso, and every year its tastes a little different. This is the most interesting thing about fermentation. Even though I use the same ingredients and follow the same process, I

After writing about bunraku(文楽), a traditional Japanese puppet show, Matt (my friend from Texas) and I had a fun conversation about puppet shows around the world. When I told him that I think puppet

A couple of days ago, I went to a gardenhop to buy four different kinds of seedlings: lettuce, broccolini, syungiku, and green onion. Most people outside of Japan probably don't know what syungiku

Even thought it's already mid of October, it's still hot here. It feels like summer still hasn't ended yet. Even so, when I go outside, I can find little signs of fall. It's clearly on its way. A

Last month, I attended an art exhibition featuring collections from San Diego museum of art. Since I've heard about the museum from my friend from Texas, I was looking forward to seeing their works.

I'd love to ask you— why do you study other languages? What's your purpose to learn them? I recently heard that the Apple's new AirPods Pro3 earbuds will translate foreign languages in people's ears