Red light, green light?

The streets of Kyoto are not safe.  They are not safe at all    I have witnessed things that would cause the sanest and most controlled of us in the US to begin screaming obscenities and shake our fists.  I know this for a fact because I have been hit by a car, not once but [...]

What year is it again?

Every morning I have a twenty minute walk from the train station to my company.  Every morning as I pass by a certain company I shake my head and wonder what the heck is going on.  It may be the 21st century but apparently some customs from the good old days (read 18th century or [...]