My So-Called Japanese Life

I wish the Sheldon comic (pinched from the Sheldon site , which everyone should read everyday because it's momentous uberness should ...

The spoils of a trip to Hanamasa . When my husband and I first arrived in Japan, there was pretty much no such thing as bulk food shopping f...

When I was working in an office in Japan, I worked in a little cubicle alone much of the time. When my boss came into the room and spoke to ...

The Japanese on this bag says the same thing as the English, "little Santa" (ri-to-ru sa-n-ta). Last year, I picked up a "Ch...

A small portion of the huge number of gifts under our tree in the past. ( Note: About 5 years ago, I had my sister send me all of our famil...