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“Gyo-zaaaaa! Gyo-ooOOoo-za!” I love
“Gyo-zaaaaa! Gyo-ooOOoo-za!” I love the food vendors who cruise the streets of Tokyo. The gyoza truck, with its delicious menu of potstickers, began making the rounds of our neightborhood this week. I smile when I see the little white van with its traditional red paper lanterns hanging from the open hatch in the back of…
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Words of the Week
Words I’ve learned this week: buji: safe, untouched chukei: live video tero-jiken: terror event minkanki: commercial airplane fumei: unknown, no information zenbun: full story doujitahatsu: simultaneous occurance
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I tried to find
I tried to find something else to write about today but there really isn’t anything else being reported. So here’s an update on the Japanese perspective: Japan offered to send a 90-person team of police, firefighters and medical personnel to assist in the rescue, but they were told they weren’t needed. All airmail to the…
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Yesterday, Tokyoites were grim
Yesterday, Tokyoites were grim as news poured in from the US. The first question from everyone I saw yesterday was “Your family and friends are safe?” It was a relief to be able to answer ‘Yes.” As far as I know, everyone I know has escaped harm. Mobile news vans were parked in the financial…
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During the Gulf War,
During the Gulf War, I was part of an IRC-based news network. Dozens of us each took a radio station, TV station or other source and parroted back what they were reporting. People from all over the world participated, sharing news as it was reported. I never thought I’d be doing this again but when…
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Food for thought today.
Food for thought today. Why does the Japanese government say nothing is wrong when Japan’s first case of mad cow disease has been found? Last month, a cow in Chiba Prefecture mysteriously fell over and could not stand again. It was slaughtered and sent for testing. Results were positive for BSE, mad cow disease. Mad…
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The weather outside is
The weather outside is frightful. The air is heavy with humidity and heat. Typhoon 15 is heading towards Tokyo, so far only a steady rain without any wind. Today is a good day to stay inside but my schedule isn’t going to allow me to do that–I have things to do! So I will grab…
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As we conclude Disaster
As we conclude Disaster Preparedness Week, our neighborhood supply shed has been cleaned out. In every train station, disaster maps are posted that show evacuation areas. Our first refuge is across the street in the tiny play park. From there we and the neighbors proceded to the large botanical garden if necessary. A team of…
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Mom always said pretty
Mom always said pretty on the inside is pretty on the outside. So now I know that she was right. Everything inside me is normal, my doctor tells me. And that’s good news. But look at me revealed by magnets and radio waves–what a horrifying mug with those googly eyeballs! I’m ready for Haloween any…
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Another autumn treat–wonderful menus
Another autumn treat–wonderful menus of fall foods. Kushikyu, our local pub, held a Kinoko Matsuri (mushroom festival) yesterday. We ate seven different mushrooms prepared as kushiyaki (skewered and grilled). I’d never eaten so many different kinds at once and it was a great opportunity to compare flavors. Earthy shiitake and woody maitake are my favorites.…
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