From an unspecified newspaper on an unspecified date – probably more than a decade ago – and...
A great deal is made of first lines, first pages, first chapters – first novels and first...
Many of us have had reason to complain about our job at some point or another, but...
Before embarking on my cycling-tour-stroke-endurance-test to Sado Island last summer, I decided to build up my stamina...
Okah-san grew up by the seaside, so from an early age she would go foraging for shellfish...
The kocho-sensei at my junior high school was originally a science teacher, and under his guidance, the...
On some mornings the surrounding hills were shrouded in mist, on others the sunlight sparkled on the...
Even after leaving Nikko I was still going downhill, and the road to Utsunomiya was an unexpected...
The obon festival happens in mid-August, when most people take two or three days off work to...
It may seem a little strange given the fact that it was snowing the other day, but...
