Today I visited the home and studio of Kanjiro Kawai, one of Kyoto -- and Japan's -- greatest artists. Kawai...

Japanese love sakura (cherry) blossoms, which I fine, but I think I prefer the ume (plum) blossoms. Ume bloom in...

I have been taking a lot of photos recently and I decided it was time to get a new camera....

An interesting little Italian restaurant in the Kyoto Gosho Imperial Palace neighborhood caught my eye way back last year when...

I got my Papier Tigre Notebag and Notebook in the post today. I loved the icon at first glance and...

Sadly, Sankyo has closed. Today as I was biking down Gokomachi Street, just a bit north of Sanjo Street, a...

Christmas in Japan is annoying to me, so commercial and superficial that I try not to take any notice of...

I love pesto in the summer and used to make it back home in Minnesota. Pine nuts and good cheese...

The Jyugatsu-zakura, literally, 'November Cherry', which blooms from November to January is a delightful and seemingly unknown treasure. The Jyugatsu-zakura...

Kyoto Wagashi Imo Dango from Demachi Futaba