Shogako
Piano Recital
Sachan, as you may well imagine, performed wonderfully at her piano recital. You can listen to her one and a half minutes of performing perfection as well as learn some more about Japanese cuisine. Continue reading
Sugi’s and Skiing
Sachan is being given the reigns to the site over the next couple of weeks. She plans to help you keep up with the wonderful excitement that accompanies a visit by the spoilers. This though will get you started. Continue reading
A Whaling-good “Where’s Walker?”
You liked "Where's Walker?" So here is another one...hope you get a whale-sized splash of enjoyment out of this one as well. Continue reading
Kawamura Festival
Pictures from the Kawamura School Festival. Continue reading
Fly me to the moon…in a paper airplane?
The grand art of origami continues. The girls not only fold well known shapes, but teach each other their most recently learned or discovered sequence. There is a deligence and devotion akin to the effort put into learning new kanji. Teachers frequently encourage their students to “be the brush” when they practice their kanji. This supposedly takes their writing to calligraphy level heights with Edo-style skill – doing things with no wasted motion. The same principle applies to origmai, where “being the paper” seems to magically ease the folds. Continue reading