Everybody loves Thai food, even those who are relatively uninitiated into the complexities of very spicy food. In fact, belief that every single Thai dish is very spicy is a myth. Some dishes are in fact very, very mild tasting and others are uniquely savory. A properly conceived meal in Thailand or in any Thai […]
Ikebana at Kyoto Gosho – スミス英会話 甲東園
Generally every year, for four days in the spring and again four days in the fall, Kyoto Gosho is open to the public. Needless to say it is very popular with older people and with tourists who happen to be lucky enough to hit the timing just right. I wasn’t able to organize a student outing to […]
Autumn Colors
When the differential between average daytime highs and average nighttime lows are 10 degrees Celsius or more, hormones within the various deciduous species of maple, poplar, camphor, birch and others duly begin the process of changing color and dropping the spent foliage for the year. Some areas in Nara have already begun and probably a good two […]