A state of emergency has been declared in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Aichi, Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Okayama and Okinawa prefectures at this time. However, the number of infected people has not decreased now and finally the Japanese government…

We went to Kobe to watch the ORIX Buffaloes play the RAKUTEN Eagles last Friday. The Hot Mott Field Kobe has forty thousand seats in the ballpark, but only five thousand were sold for that game, because there was the state of emergency in …

Rainy season has started this week in the Kansai area. It’s about three weeks earlier than usual and is the earliest start in history. I’ve been hoping the rainy season would come early this year, because the high levels of UV and humidity…

Our skiing finished up in GW, because most ski resorts closed last weekend. The ski resorts in Kansai were closed around the end of March, however some ski resorts in the northern part of Japan or in the high altitude areas were open until…