Here and There Japan

No koinobori flying in our neighborhood yet. Only laundry and curtains. This is the laundry room at a hospital. (They don't hang their...

Another stray cat has come to our garden. This one sits by Baba's window and talks to our cats. I wonder if the cat is a long lost br...

Forget-me-not.

HTJ is three years old today! We're starting our fourth year with azaleas blooming. I haven't checked the wisteria yet. Read other ...

Jon Agee came to Tokyo to visit international schools. He visited our SCBWI Tokyo chapter, too. Here he is with advisor, Holly Thompson, an...

Pine cones are forming on this bigger tree.

Click on the picture to have a good look at this beautiful tree. It lives in a garden around the corner. It is matsu , pine. Our name, Chik...

This is the field of rapeseed. Compare it to this and this and this . This is what it looked like a few days ago. The truck farmer had...

Click on the label below to see this mystery shoot's beginnings. What will it be?

Even the smallest tree is spectacular! This one is near an apartment house. See that dot near the lamp post? It follows me around. Could be...

When Papa left for work this morning, he said it was going to be a warm day and a good day to view the cherry blossoms. Maybe. Any day is a...

This potted camellia was blooming in a neighbor's garden. That yellow plastic chain is their gate, I guess. I've never seen it hook...

The net is off the field now and look how the leaves have grown! There are flowers as well. Click on the picture to enlarge it. It is a f...

I noticed this coming up under Baba's window. It comes up every year. That dried stalk sticking up is from last year. Keep an eye out f...

Little Brother just finished seventh grade. School was out on the 25th. He brought home his sewing projects. All seventh graders at his jun...

It looks like a kite, but it's a newly painted sign on our street. Our street was torn up recently to work on the water pipes. They fin...