Category: Travel

When most Japanese people think of Kobe, this is what they would typically think of:「神戸」と聞いたとき、皆さんの多くは以下のような場面をイメージされるのではないでしょうか？ Beautiful public architecture – such as Port Tower and JR

Salmon is well known for returning to the river where it is born – and I am certainly that way.For almost two decades, I have

Japan’s Mother Road　日本の「母なる道」 Many a country has a “mother road” which is considered that country’s historically and culturally most significant.Old Route 66 would come to

A Little Background 最初に少し背景を As you may have noticed in my Facebook posts, my workouts have involved much more running (vs walking) recently.For decades I

First, a brief summary in Japanese まずは日本語でごく簡単にまとめましょう: 本帰国してから半年以上、両親と暮らしつつwork from homeしていると「誰にも邪魔されることなくじっくり本を読める時間」が持ちたくなりますしかしコロナウイルスのおかげで出身大学の図書館には入ることができず、公立図書館もカフェも席数に限りありそこでJR東日本の「休日おでかけパス」で「走る書斎」にこもることにしました行って帰るだけでは芸がないので、「走る書斎」に入る前に少し回り道をすることにしました After moving back to Japan and “working from home” for months while living with parents

Hi there!We just came out of Golden Week here in Japan, a string of public holidays starting with Showa Day (see Note below) on April 29

This is a bilingual post / この記事は和英二か国語です What is your hometown? あなたの「ふるさと」はどこですか？ If I am allowed to give only one answer, it is Sannomiya, the