The Carpenters sang “rainy days and mondays always get me down”. There wasn’t really much expansion into how one might feel if it was a rainy Monday, which it was this week in Tokyo. Rather than feeling “down” about it, however, I thought it would be a great opportunity to take a few pictures. It [...]
Happy new year! I’ve just returned from a two week vacation to the United States and am back at work in Tokyo. It’s good to be back, but lots of changes are taking place for me this year. I’m looking forward to it. To start off the new year, I wanted to share something with [...]
This spring has been a little strange for Japan – March was eaten by a series of disasters we’re still dealing with, and April flew by in much the same way. The end of April and very early May, however, brought some beautiful weather and a series of national holidays referred to as “golden week”, [...]
During autumn, some parks in the Tokyo area put on a special display to highlight the changing colors of this season. The beautiful reds, greens, oranges, and browns of fall are gorgeous. Rikugien, one such park near Komagome station, is a Japanese style garden currently featuring a “light up” event. While the park usually closes [...]