Happy Chinese New Year! Although Japan no longer celebrates the lunar new year, many countries around the world do. When I was growing up, my family often joined dumpling parties. Traditionally, families ate dumplings on New Years because dumplings look like gold pieces in the past. I wanted to also have a dumpling party this […]
Climbing Mount Ikoma Part 2
Climbing down from the top of Mount Ikoma (start reading with part 1) After a nice rest, I started to climb down from Mount Ikoma on the Ikoma city (Nara) side. I did not want to take the easy way down, so I looked for a little path. After a short climb down, I passed […]
new Japanese cars’ driving safety
Amazing driving safety features for new Japanese cars Today, I had a great English conversation with a student here in the Smith’s school of English Fuse. He works for a Japanese car company, so he could tell me all about recent driving safety features of new Japanese cars. For example, new Japanese cars automatically break […]
