Into the Land of the Rising Sun

"He who climbs Mount Fuji is a wise man; he who climbs twice is a fool." -Japanese Proverb Fuji-san in May A Kiwi, an Am...

"I just pooped on the tracks," She-Who-Will-Not-Be-Named said, with obvious relish.  I wasn't sure what I had done to deserve...

Forget the yakuza .  Forget politicians or big business.  If you want to know who runs Japan, look no further than this article   concerning...

I hate, HATE having my photo taken.  One day, someone looking back on my pictorial history will realize that there are whole years of my lif...

Ladders, mirrors, umbrellas and pennies: America has some interesting (and sometimes confounding) superstitions. However, in recent discuss...

One of the things I love most about living in Japan is the interactions I have with my students and fellow teachers.  And every so often, th...

Lately (since the naissance of my political consciousness during the second Bush administration) I have despaired of American politics.  The...