Tadaimatte

Something was holding me back for a long time, but you know what? I decided, a ridiculous ten years  later, that I was going to put this out...

So I've been fairly busy with a lot of things lately, and while I tried (and will continue) to keep work-related things off the blog, I...

Ride a bike! (But not in Toronto, in winter.) It really is unapologetically pink...I guess I see why M was so dismayed when they open...

When I landed back on Canadian soil in August of 2010, the first thing I did was purchase a bicycle. Having a new bike right away, I hoped,...

A box of tapes on their way out of the library The Japan Foundation Toronto is moving , and though that means a lot of changes and adju...

For my 2011 National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) project, I decided to write a story about small-town Japan. I had written a story set ...

Someday I will know my results. Another JLPT come and gone, and results came out this week. I always resolve to talk a little bit more a...

I will never be an N1 Master I have quite a few unfinished drafts hanging around in my posting queue...whoops! Things have been very ve...

Today I was linked to this fantastic HD video on YouTube of Tokyo in 1992. It's so clear! I really dig urban history, so I snapped a ...

For a music fan, I'm not willing to expend a lot of energy or cash to go and see a band - in fact, I'm lucky to go to a concert ever...