Category: Life in Japan

20 Years

Twentieth year in the land of the riding sun…

Media around the world

So corporations own the media in the U.S.  Everybody knows this, just like they know that all the politicians are bought and paid for.  (Whether they want to acknowledge it or not.) Meanwhile, in...

Tangerine Liqueur

Every year, come August, I get a desire for a nice sweet cold tangerine. When we harvest them in December, they are fantastic right off the tree. (I don’t grow them, I help my...

Japanese Wild Boar

A couple of weeks ago, a guy from my Dojo asked if I wanted some wild boar meat.  “Yeah, of course.  I’ll take some back-strap, some ribs, a leg roast…”  Well, he said he’d...

The Inax Toilet Scam

It’s been a little over 12 years since we built our house.  The toilet on the first floor is an Inax model CW-H22 washlet toilet. (H20 type)  So, to get right to the point,...