I am not a trained visual artist. I took only one Survey of Western Art class as a freshman during my undergrad, and that I struggled to get a B in. Even when I was very young I was not prone to doodle in the margins of my textbooks. So sketching, in the form of art […]
I am not a beer or liquor connoisseur by any means. I can barely distinguish a dark beer from a non-dark, know little about brewing techniques, and care little about where a particular beer comes from. Mostly, I’ll occasionally drink a beer to take the edge off, usually with a meal. So I am not […]
Today, in Japan, is known as Coming of Age day or Seijin no hi (成人の日). A day when all those who have turned twenty in the previous year dress in traditional kimono and attend events at their local city hall. Unfortunately for them, the Tokyo region was hit with a relatively large snow storm, rather […]