Our Adventures in Japan

We've visited this area several times in past years, but I have never written about the ume (apricot) trees at Nakayama-dera. This temp...

I had a recipe for pecan nib cookies bookmarked for some time now. Since the weather was bad on Tuesday, I decided to stay indoors and tried...

Even though the weather is kinda wishy-washy, I know Spring is coming because there are shin-jagaimo or shin-jaga (new potatoes) in the mark...

Monday, the sun came out, even if it was for a little bit, the air very crisp. I walked over to Suigetsu Park. Most of the ume/momo (aprico...

On the last weekend of February, Satoshi went to Kyoto, which I talked about yesterday. MIL sent him home with this...Hinamatsuri kamaboko (...

The last weekend of February, the cold came back. That Saturday evening, Satoshi went to Kyoto to meet up with some of his high school bas...

"Me-li-le-pi Om!" Is a Zen mantra...not! The weather on Thursday was cold and rainy so I stayed indoors and tried to keep myself e...