March 11th marked the fifth anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake in Japan. North East area of Japan(Tohoku area) had enormous damage and more than 20,000 people lost their lives including the missing people and the death related …

Photo of Shogunzuka Seiryuden http://kyoto-hotel.link/higashiyama-lighup3/ Last weekend, Ichiro and I were in Kyoto to see the boxing match of the guy Ichiro knew through his blog. Unfortunately, he did not succeed in defending his title (…

老年期が近づくにつれ、切実に思うことがある。 一生続く「道楽」をもてたら、きっと、人生はもっと楽しく、辛い時にも耐えやすくなるに違いないということである。 まず、なにはともあれ、食道楽の人が羨ましくて仕方がない。 食べる、飲む、味わうことの好…