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Once again, I intended to go out taking photos and ended up shopping instead. This time it was Kinokuniya‘s Foreign Book Sale which was held this past weekend in the Shinjuku Takashimaya department store. About two-and-a-half hours after getting there, I was loaded down with books, less loaded with cash than I was before, and [...]

The resemblance isn’t particularly striking, so I’ll alert you to the fact that this is supposed to be Ronald Reagan, circa the days he was public enemy number one in my book. I mentioned yesterday that on the way to Kazo, we got sidetracked by the sight of a huge 100-yen shop, and ended up [...]

Naturally there are a lot of things I worry about with respect to the upcoming birth of Naoko and I’s first child. Probably nos. 1 and 2 on this list (they’re really tied for number 1) are the worrisome state of the Japanese education system, and how Naoko and I are going to financially provide [...]

Tokyo is often touted as the most expensive city in the world. A survey released a few months ago confirmed this, though what got lost in the headlines was that this particular survey was based on the cost of living of “a business executive and family sent overseas”. Hmmn, can we say “expense account”? At [...]