(Our apologies for the long silence - what with Spring Break, then a busy week at work preparing for an accreditation visit, there's bar...

Sapporo is Japanese dairy country. This is their specialty.   Verdict: OH GOD YES.

Shamelessly expanded from an email I sent to my father, because EFFICIENCY. My friend the Japanese teacher recently suggested kanji chara...

Our college friend Rosa (she was in the marching band with us; metaphorical pouring-out of one for the grand old YPMB ) maintains an excelle...

Nana pointed me to this article from the BBC, written by a Japanese student who started in the Japanese system but completed her high-schoo...

Yesterday marked the second anniversary of the Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami that devastated northern Honshu here in Japan. While the imme...

In the middle of the Snow Festival , halfway down the length of Odori Park, stood a giant ski slope on a scaffold. Throughout the festival, ...