Have you heard about a floating city of Japan? A couple of days ago, while chatting on Skype with my American friend from Texas, we came across a fascinating article on one of our favorite sites.

What kind of things do you enjoy doing with your family? My family loves eating together. We sometimes host parties at home, and other times, we go out to eat. I think sharing a meal makes the food

Last month at a porcelain art exhibition in Italy, my French friend Bea gave me some blank porcelain pendant tops for free. Usually, she sells them at shows but in that show, she seemed to be down

I have a lemon tree that hadn't produced any fruit for over five years. This morning, I asked my husband to trim some branches I couldn't reach, and then he noticed something green on the lemon tree.

One of my hobbies is baking., and today I'm pleased to share my homemade jam and scones. I used frozen blueberries, blackberries, raspberries and bilberries from my garden to make some jam. I added

In Japan, we're in the middle of fall, and today I went out to take some photos of cosmos flowers. I like their various pink colors because for some reason, they always make me feel happy. I stood in

A couple of weeks ago, I went to see an Edward Gorey art exhibition in Nara with a friend of mine. I've been a huge fan of his art ever since my friend from Texas introduced it to me. As soon as I

Have you heard the term, "Tiger mom"? It was quite popular when I first started learning porcelain painting in the States. Many American painters I met in my classes often asked me if I was a tiger

I made miso again this February, and now it's ready for cooking. I opened the container to checked it out. It had turned into deep, dark brown. It looked the fermentation progressed a bit far due to

Last Saturday, there was a festival at the Shinto shrine in my neighborhood. Since lanterns lighting up looked so romantic and pretty, I went out to take some photos. The shrine is called Mishimagamo

When I arrived at the art museum in the next morning, a crowd had gathered at the entrance, and everyone seemed to be looking at something. I wanted to check out what it was, but I had to prepare for

Since early morning, I had been nervous because I had to give a presentation. My teacher told me that over thirty people were curious about my demonstration even though the maximum capacity was

The following morning, I was more excited than usual because the art show finally started. I've entered various porcelain art shows including in Japan, the United States, Canada, Thailand and Mexico,

The following day, I had more opportunities to get know about Marlene. She is the wife of a French diplomat and has lived in various Asian countries, including Japan, Korea, Singapore, Thailand and

After a two-hour flight, I landed in Italy safely. My friend, Virginia's husband, Vittorio, was supposed to pick me up at the airport. He was waiting for me with a woman I didn't know. She introduced

We planed on spending our last day in London because seeing Ofelia at Tate Britain was on my bucket list. However, unfortunately, we run out of time. Instead, we went to a small town called Kent.

Martyn, Lynn and I visited his parents in Nottingham, which was a seven-hour round trip. I felt bad for Martyn since he had to drive us again. Since it was such a long drive, we joked around and

Martyn, Lynn and I got home late from our Cotswolds trip, and we enjoyed the cheese they bought during the trip with crackers, vegetables and fruit . It was absolutely delicious! Martyn must be very

The next day, we said good-bye to our little house where we'd stayed for three days and headed to Burton on the Water. The above photo was my room where I stayed. Staying at a rented house remained

We ate typical English style breakfast, Martyn cooked for us in the following morning. Since I wanted to learn how to cook it for my husband, I helped him out in the kitchen. The breakfast was