Isn’t this frog the cutest? I found it one summer day on the railing of the stairs outside my apartment. I guess it was hiding from the heat at it was a very hot day. It was very small, not larger than 2 cm of diameter. I have […]
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Just a quick note to wish you all a very Happy New Year 2016! (in case, you’re wondering, the picture shows the island of Ozuchishima in the Seto Inland Sea, Japan – i.e. my “backyard”).
Teishoku? What’s that? For starters, in case you’re unsure, it reads “tay-shoh-kooh” and it is a basic Japanese meal with several dishes. You can eat teishoku in some restaurants, as well as at home, if the person doing the cooking is in the mood to prepare a bunch of different […]
When I lived in the US (and I assume for most American people) the word “ramen” meant very cheap, not necessarily healthy, but very easy to prepare noodles. Just like many college students it was a very important part of my diet for those reasons (well, at least the […]
Despite all of its amazing temples, one of the most impressive – if not the most impressive – buildings in Kyoto is its station! The current Kyoto Station opened in 1997 and with 15 stories and 70 meters high, and 470 meters long, a surface area of 238,000 square […]
Whoops, a month without a post here! To my defense, I’ve been traveling quite a long for the past couple of weeks, mostly in the Kansai area of Japan (that’s the Kyoto, Nara, Osaka area), as well as around home too. As usual, if you want to follow […]
This is a Japanese rhinoceros beetle (Allomyrina dichotoma or Trypoxylus dichotomus in Latin – yes, it has two names, unless I misunderstood something and Kabutomushi in Japanese). And it is indeed my newest pet. See, I’m not allowed big pets in my apartment, and my daughter is still […]
This is Memory Bottles (記憶のボトル) by Mayumi Kuri. The installation is located on the small island of Ogijima in the Seto Inland Sea of Japan, and is part of Art Setouchi, the permanent art linked to the Setouchi Triennale (aka Setouchi International Art Festival), one of the most […]
Japanese Giant Salamanders, so gross and so cute at the same time. For more info and pictures about Japanese giant salamanders, click on the link.