Just got to thinking where have we been to in Japan? Here’s what I could come up with: (In no real order BTW) Tokyo Chiba / Tokyo Disney Land Hakone Fuji Five Lakes Kyoto Nara Okazaki Nagoya (Ai...Read More
You learn something every day. Today I found out that the Shinkansen travels through Okazaki (岡崎市) — there’s tracks and all – I even saw them travelling along the tracks at the...Read More
Seems like Maia like bashing things, keyboards, tables, people etc, she was on my knee this morning and was in a “bashing” kind of mood so here’s her first message: jj...Read More
Hanabi (fireworks) this year is now over. It’s usually a time for the whole city to dress up in traditional style summer clothing and head down to the river and watch the fireworks. Generally it...Read More
Since we started working for ourselves at the start of the year, we’ve removed a few trees in order to make room for a small student car park and replanted a few others in slightly different pla...Read More
Since Maia’s been born and work has started to increase, there hasn’t been too much time / inclination to get anything else done. Not that I didn’t want to mind. That however all cha...Read More
Here in Japan recycling is a big part of the garbage. Every (second) week or so glass, cans, plastic and paper is picked up and taken away to be recycled. Of course it’s good and sounds easy doe...Read More
Everybody has something they like doing (a “hobby” if you will) and Maia is no exception! Over the last 11 weeks, I’ve noticed her doing numerous things that she seems to either like...Read More
I have added a few more images from the Gallery onto the the main page to load randomly. Hopefully it should make the main page a little more interesting. Speaking of interesting, it’s been rain...Read More
I had just gotten over a “cold” (high temp for a couple of days) which was cured with lots of bed rest and sleep. When suddenly I felt a lot worse and lost my voice! Great, just great. Wen...Read More
We got word (and a certificate) back from the Australian Embassy stating that Maia is now recognised as an Orstralian (Australian) citizen. Well done Maia. While I’m at it, I found a (Japanese) ...Read More