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You might’ve seen the it on the news or on social media: A mom took her kid the UK’s pavilion to Expo 2025 to enjoy his favorite thing: afternoon tea. He’s an afternoon tea aficionado and he’s looked forward to the real thing. A true British afternoon tea. What does…
“Well, we won’t have the car for three hours. Are we just going to hang out at Yellow Hat or something?” That was how our Saturday planning started. We were finally getting a drive recorder installed in our car, something we’d wanted to do for years. It’s nothing fancy, but…
“I want to go to Kyoto for ohigan this year?” “Ohigan? What’s that?” “You visit family graves. Kind of like Obon” This is a snippet of a random conversation Dude and I had. I’ve lived in Japan for 8 years now and I’d never heard of ohigan. What is Ohigan?…
On May 12, 2019, I was fortunate enough to be invited to the 7 year anniversary ceremony commemorating Fukui Masato-sensei becoming the 23rd soke of Muso Jikiden Eishin Ryu. Before the Event This ceremony happens annually at Inaba Jinja (JP) in Gifu City. I’ve been a member of Chubu Eishinkan…