Living in Japan

Views from a Japanese mountainside

HIGHLIGHT SITES

The Blog Brothers
Joe Bageant
Jane Crow Journal
The Joy of Six
Time Goes By
Green Trust
Short Woman
Alive In Kyoto
Dancing in Tongues
AHH

{More Creme of Blog sites below}

SELECTED POSTS

Talk on the Wild Side
My Part in the Downfall of Ferdinand Marcos
Elderhood
Bamboo Doesn't Fool Around
More Light
The Country Side of Life
That Thing in the Middle of Your Face
Morning Lace
Monkeys and Onions
Aspirin
Far from the Lemming Crowd
Goodness and Joy
Swallows
Endless Breath
Ramen Empire

{More selected posts below}

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BERJAYA

Sushi passing

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More Selected Posts

The Night of the Flaming Marshmallows
Going Home Again
Windrider
My Part in the Downfall of Ferdinand Marcos
Amazing Grace
Artificial Doldrums
Squirrels' Ears and Related Matters
Entropy and Firewood
Rooms of Perfumes
Entropy and Me
Spinach in Snow
Double Hatsumode
Jam the Machine
Righteous Inyerfacing
For Whom the Click Clicks
Twin Toddlers Take No Prisoners
True Values
Becoming a Train Legend
The Falling Leaves of Politics
The Country Side of Life
Wild Pork Stuffed with Rice
Golden Palace
Small Green Horses
Skyblossoms
Memoirs of a Geisha
The Fifty-Pound Frog
Speaking of Monkeys
Heart Like an Onion
Response to Japan's Whaling Commissioner
Life in the Fast Century
Getting Roofed
Queen Elizabeth and the Sex Pistols
The Homeless Guy Becomes a TV Star
Achilles' Nose
True Values
King of the Immediate Vicinity
My Non-Purchase of Tokyo
Godzilla Comes to Our House
Sleeping on the Train
Big Birdcage
The Big Stone Ball
Whistle-Blessed
That Thing in the Middle of Your Face
Leonardo and Henri
The Beginning of Before
The Day of the Suit
Keys to the Kingdom
My American Returns the Power Saw
HowGoldenArchesGotHisName
Endless Breath
Cold Weather Riff
Rocks and I
Oh, the Travesty
Violently Striped Vortex
Morning Lace
Hold the Tomatoes
Searching for God in Osaka
The Fridge on the Balcony
Alone on the Mountain
How to Wrap 5 Sticks of Buna
Adventures in Porcelain
Looking at the Lake
Seeds of Change
More Light
Swallows
Monkeys and Onions
Trees in the Sun
Stonelight
Ratty Sneakers of Happiness
American Issei
Is There Life at Desks?
Iron and Flint
How to Swing a Cat
Dante High-Fives Brady
At the Clinic
Chairs
The Carp That Looked Like Che Guevara
National Treasures
Days of the Dead
Shoulder of the Wild
Meandering
Aspirin
Far from the Lemming Crowd
Talk on the Wild Side
Beyond Despising Nixon
Nobunaga's Castle
Frog Takes Wing
Natural Exercise
Odd Flowers
Genesis Revisited
Spirit of the Sunset Sky
Where Is the Wild?
Devil Running
Jichinsai
Cow Interiors
Tiny Sunrises
Non-Sequel to the Monkey Story
The Cloud of God
Watching It Get Dark
Central Heating
Not Charlotte's Web
Wagtail Wars
Slice of Life
Romeo
Immortality as a Way of Life
Mr Butterscotch
Talking Torsos
Getting Warm
NightsInFrogonia
Chaff
Babe Ruth & Stovepipe
A Farewell to Onions
Thoreau Never Had a Father-in-Law
Getting Home
Darkness Night
Grade School Memories
Mountains of the Mind
Elderhood
O Woe Is Crow
Holding New Hands
Typhoon
Senbei Syndrome
Hercules and I
Un Chien Andalou on the Train
Scooter Entomology
Real Rainbows
Living Wisdom
One Persimmon
Natural Surprises
Transplanting Rosemary
Goodness and Joy
The Big Elsewhere
Virtues of Virtual
The Big Plum Job
White Gloves and Warblers
The Cloud Resembles a Rabbit
Virtually Automotive Jello
Pure Land Farmers Meet the Pixies
Ramen Empire
Recognizing Paradise
Life's Work
The Cute that Has No Name
Nature's Table
The Torch of Cool
Imagination Ramble
The Very First
Moments as a Very Large Potato
Bugenfrogenlied
Armfuls of Sunlight
The Mystery of Raymond Chandler
Footprints in Snow
The Man Without a Yuzu
From Gardenias
Bamboo Gymnopedie
Buddha Was a Big Fan
Freckles in Asia
Kneeling in the Driveway
A Suitable Bellow
It Ain't No Picnic
King After All
Slow Advertising
Sure, Blame Everything on the Dark Force
Well Bite My Stem and Take My Pumpkin!
As to the Baron Tangoing on My Radishes
The Nose of Damocles
Death Valley-Everest Coney Island Ride Ramble
Seeking the Unfindable
The First Whiff
Sun in Green
The Curious Incident of the Pond in the Daytime
Japanese Warning Signs
Monkey Agitprop

BLOGABOUTS

Hira Hakko
Tsukushi
Shirahige
Agajinja/Tarobo
Boyfriend Arm Pillow
Lap Pillow
Geisha Hair Dresser
Omamori
Shiso Bud Relish
Akebi
Gingered Up
Kawadoko
Ohmi Myoren Koen
Kikurage
Funazushikiri
Shiso
Chionji Flea Market
Okijima I: Signs of the Pure Land
Okijima II: Seeking the Far Shore
Sugawara I: Famous Firewalking Ritual
Sugawara II: Hot Prayers
Sugawara III: Guji Firewalks
Sugawara IV: Feet of Flame
Sugawara V: Pun of a Lifetime
Okijima
Hatsumode
Jinchoge Riff
Chichibu Train Window Riff
Chichibu Yomatsuri Part I
Chichibu Yomatsuri Part II
Chichibu Yomatsuri Part III
Chichibu Yomatsuri Part IV
Chichibu Yomatsuri Part V
Sparrow's Inn
Haruya
Whistling
Pachinko
Shiitake
Zazensou
Homyo-in
Narai-juku
Omi-Hakken
Hiyoshi Taisha
Spider Lilies
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Omihachiman
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Natto
Ramen
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Hikone Castle
Ernest Fenollosa
William Bigelow
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Tada Chimako
Madamamura
Ukimido
Chushingura
Oda Nobunaga
Route 305
Shirakawago
Onigiri
Otsu Incident
Nikuman
Haramaki
Bamboo

GRANDPARENTING

Twin Toddlers Take No Prisoners
Kaya Pushes a Big Button
Kaya Answers
Bob Gains Toddler Street Cred
The Golden Key
The Next Gift
Kaya's Tree
Seeds
Old Buddies
Second Grandfather
Thinner than a Minute
Flyfire
Darkness Night
Deja Vu Redux
Holding New Hands
Vitamin S
Natural Surprises
Natural Happiness
Goodness and Joy
Kaya among the Fossils
Both of Her
The Big Dark
New Cultures, Old Cultures

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