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Bringing Home the Tofu: An Expat Love Story
Four seasons on Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost, frontier island.
Pandemic Diaries: Tokyo
Candid street and urban shots and observations from daily life and (mis-)adventures around the Greater Tokyo Area, plus updates on the coronavirus crisis in the world’s greatest megacity
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Not Just Coronavirus: Disturbed’s “The Sound of Silence” Cover
COVID-19 isn’t the only pandemic we’re coping with…
Morning Voices, Tokyo Corona Diary
In this time of crisis, pre-schoolers are voices of the past, present, and future
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Found Poem: Japan’s “New Normal.” May 24th Edition
Adapted from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s May 14th Press Conference by the Prime Minister regarding the Novel Coronavirus
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Soundtrack to Coronavirus Days: The New Unreal
Tokyo Corona Diary, May 15
Corona Lost & Found
COVID taketh away — and giveth
Japan Kills Me 2.0: Photos
Snaps from daily life and uncommon adventures over 20 years in Japan — from 2011 to 2016.
Tokyo Kills Me 2020: The Year of the Rat (Updated 2/18/20)
Candid street, urban, and omoshiroi mono “interesting thing” snaps from an expat’s daily life in Tokyo, the greatest megacity in the world
Hokkaido Photos: Power Spots, National Parks, and Other Haunts on Japan’s Frontier Island
Shiretoko; Akan-ko; and Daisetsusan National Parks; Abashiri; Biei; Countryside
The National Capital Region’s cities, islands, and mountains through an expat’s viewfinder (and, increasingly, on a smartphone screen)
The Ice Storm of 2013 in Text and Pictures
A Prodigal Son’s Firsthand Account of Toronto’s Nightmare Before Christmas
Gunkanjima: Japan’s Battleship Island
Nagasaki’s World Heritage haikyo “ruin porn”
The Day Japan Moved Eight Feet
A first-hand account from Tokyo of the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear crisis triple tragedy which struck Japan March 11th, 2011.
Love in the Champagne Pow Pow
an expat love story set in remote, northernmost Japan
What’s in a Name?
A personal essay on international marriage. Or, what happens when two family trees graft different cultures…
Sacred Mount Fujisan: Mountains of Japan
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