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Playgrounds from Hell

playground a Sachan has been begging me to the go the playground with her to watch her do flips on the bars. While I hope to get those pictures posted tomorrow, I was reminded of a tale I wrote about playgrounds in Tokyo.


Where’s Walker?

ballerinaIt struck me as we looked over the ballet program Saturday evening and scanned art collections at her school on Sunday, that it isn’t always as easy to pick Sachan out of a crowd. So please join in, my dear reader, in a game of Where’s Waldo…err…uh… WALKER?


Ohashi, Onigiri, Obento, … “OH NOooooo!”

yum, olivesToday you get an old treat: Ohashi, Onigiri and Obento. I went deep into the vault to pull out this one which was written four years ago. Bon Appetite.


We’re off to see the Wizard

small shrineToday’s post takes you on a taxi ride from Ueno station to the Thunder gate at the entrance to Sensoji Shrine in Asakusa. Even short taxi rides can be an adventure.


A day at the Castle

castle My daughter, who was actually behaving yesterday, asked for a story. So I read this to her. Hope you find it as amusing as we did.