16. Aquarium
I tried to romanticize the rainy season last week to the Australian of my heart and I have been truly […]
Read more015. Gathering
The woman sitting in the reception of the hotel may seem familiar. She looks like a grandmother. She carries on […]
Read more14. Brushing up my Japanese
I managed to get some holidays to visit my Japanese family at the end of next week. It is a […]
Read more13. Hina matsuri
Mrs. Sano, my Japanese mother called me yesterday to check on us. She reminded me that the doll festival Hina […]
Read more12. Make-up in the land of the rising sun
Before I lived with the Sano family in Hirakata, I first lived for a couple of months with the Sakakibara. […]
Read more11. The taste of soba in the middle of summer
It was summer 1997 and my first one in Japan. High temperature records were reached in Osaka. In Hirakata-shi, a […]
Read more10. Yuzu bath
The current typhoon striking Taiwan has indirectly affected us. It sent us a soaring heat, causing records that Hong Kong […]
Read more9. Roppongi and the Yakuza
In the winter of 1999, I was working very hard during the day at the bank and living dangerously at […]
Read more8. Kyomizu-dera, the temple of the extreme
The Kyomizu-dera is my favorite temple. It is a Buddhist temple situated in Kyoto. Some may weep before the Ginkakuji, […]
Read more7. Nikko
While I was a student in Tokyo, I had to take care of the Dean of my French Business School […]
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