Blogs about: Reports From Japan
What do you see when you close your eyes?
Madam wrote 1 year ago: Photo: Ginzan onsen in the evening. Photo: Adashino Nembutsuji (temple in Kyoto). Photo: Local festi … more →
Kyoto: Nasty as she wanna be
Madam wrote 1 year ago: Note: this post is rated R by the Double-Entendre Association of America. Children under 17—an … more →
Sakura sakura yayoi no sora wa miwatasu kagiri
Madam wrote 1 year ago: Cherry blossoms, cherry blossoms, Across the Spring sky, As far as you can see. Is it a mist, or clo … more →
Sake play group: Kinpou Shuzo
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Madam wrote 1 year ago: Photo: Kinpou Shuzo (sake brewery)/Niida Honke (main house). March 15, 2008: We four otaku members o … more →
Unfolding pink plum blossoms
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Madam wrote 1 year ago: Baby, sweet baby, you’re my drug Come on and let me taste your stuff Baby, sweet baby, bring m … more →
Ume ume, oh no we gotta go
Madam wrote 1 year ago: The best among blossoms is the red plum, whether light or dark in color. As for the cherry, the blos … more →
Snow snow snow snow
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Madam wrote 1 year ago: Obviously, we don’t get a lot of snow in this area. One big blizzard makes us all giddy and we … more →
Off-limits and private worlds in Kamakura
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Madam wrote 1 year ago: Last Sunday, we enjoyed an exhibit of ukiyoe paintings at the Kamakura Museum (Katsushika Hokusai … more →
Edmund Hillary wuz here
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Madam wrote 1 year ago: Photo: Garden view from a guest room in the Nagase Ryokan, Takayama. From the NYT: Edmund Hillary, F … more →
A lotus grows in Takayama: blogging about Japan
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Madam wrote 1 year ago: A rich buttery soup is not better as such than a broth of wild herbs. In handling and preparing wild … more →
Akemashite omedetō gozaimasu!
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Madam wrote 1 year ago: Happy New Year! My flower lady put together an arrangement for my genkan (entrance hall) of pine bra … more →
Shin-hirayu onsen and Takayama sake
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Madam wrote 2 years ago: There are certainly a great number of symbols in the sake world; images and things that evoke perfec … more →
Last year's sake bonenkai
Madam wrote 2 years ago: I wrote this last year and originally posted it on another blog. December 2, 2006 Once outside the l … more →
Momotarō's song
Madam wrote 2 years ago: Momotarō-san, momotarō-san (Momotarō, Momotarō) Okoshini tsuketa kibidango (Those millet dumplings o … more →
Grab the mawashi
Madam wrote 2 years ago: A mawashi is the silk belt sumo wrestlers wear (well, pretty much all they wear, except for a knee o … more →
Momiji-gari in Noboribetsu
Madam wrote 2 years ago: Momiji-gari means “making an excursion to see the leaves changing.” Noboribetsu is a fam … more →
I'm a fan
Madam wrote 2 years ago: Saturday, October 6th was the Yokohama Octoberfest, International Food Festival, and a city-wide Jaz … more →
Kotooshu's Summer Soup
Madam wrote 2 years ago: It’s still hot and muggy here on Ye Olde Kanto Plain, although this evening, finally, we had a … more →
A parade of red and black backpacks
Madam wrote 2 years ago: Woke up this morning thinking I heard the snapping of a tree, and instead awoke to a muggy, overcast … more →
