The Winter Olympic games in Beijing have just finished. They took place without a live audience, so we just watched them on TV. Japan won three gold, six silver and nine bronze medals. I respect the Japanese Olympians, because I believe th…

We enjoyed a three day holiday last weekend. We visited Niigata prefecture and stayed there three nights and enjoyed skiing at five resorts, eating the local food, enjoying Japanese sake and relaxing in the natural hot springs. Everywhere …

We had a record snowfall last weekend in the northern part of Japan. In Sapporo and Otaru, all the JR trains and many bus lines are still shut down due to the heavy snow. The snowplows came and cleared the snow from the roads, but the snow…

Baseball is back in Japan. Yesterday was the first day of spring training for Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). Five baseball teams will start practice in Miyazaki prefecture and other seven teams will train in Okinawa prefecture for abo…