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Author: kuri
  • Japan Summers

    The weather forecast predicts a 36 degree high today. Certainly the hottest day of summer. A good day to go meet a friend at Imojin and eat red bean ice and sip green tea. The office was 33 when I walked in this morning. Thank goodness for aircon. Tokyo summers are dreadful. June brings rain,

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  • The veranda outside my

    The veranda outside my office is my only thriving garden. The planters out front have all shrivelled and died in the summer sun. The plants on the deck have died, too. But my peppers and basil and lavender all thrive because I seethem and remember to water them every day. I think I will bring

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  • Today’s Weather in Tokyo:

    Today’s Weather in Tokyo: hot and humid. (It is summer after all!)

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  • Bonenkai

    A holiday story from the pre-blog days

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