When I went in the office yesterday morning there sat an unfamiliar guy, apparently Caucasian, three desks away from mine. "Good morning （おはよござぁいむす.)" he darted a cheerful greeting toward me from behind in that intonation particu…

For some reason or other I have come to teach my nephew World History. Yesterday while teaching, I found a description in his textbook that "America" was named after Amerigo Vespucci who explored south American continent. As far as I know …

I have moved only five times in my life. I moved to Tokai-mura when I was temporarily transfered for two years at the age of 30, where I met a girl and got married^^. On the marriage, I moved from a small, damp company dormitory room to a …

We are moving to our temporary house tomorrow. Besides that we will be extremely busy, I can't use the Internet until 14th of Jan at the earliest when NTT hooks up cables and all. Perhaps I can't update the blog until then. See you.

Ten years have quickly past since we celebrated the new Millennium. The New year's day is as new as the other nine New year's days, and yet just as common as any one of the days in my life. These few years, I feel a change in my mind-set. …