Bringing it to a new level...

My legs stretched out in front of me, at least as far as they could in the cramped space of a JR train.  A long day of wandering around Wakayama city had had left me pretty tuckered out and in order to balance the scales I had treated myself to a nice long soak in [...]

It's the little things...

Can you find the treasure?

Living here in Japan you learn to make do without a lot of foods you took for granted back home; hamburgers, Mexican food, pizza that doesn’t have corn on it…being a hardy ex-pat you learn to replace them with more available alternatives.  However, every once in a while you stumble [...]

Another Friday night

My eyes slowly closed as a gentle wash of satisfaction ebbed and receded with the memories of the evening.  The muted sounds of late night traffic and freight trains floated into the room through the half open sliding glass door next to my head.  A warm soft breeze crept over me as I half lay [...]

It happened again...

“It’s you!  Hello! Hello!” a loud and boisterous voice called from a brightly lit sidewalk restaurant as we passed by.  It was 11:30pm on Thursday in a small Osaka suburb and my girlfriend and I were headed home for the evening.  At first we looked around to see if they were calling to us, after [...]