It’s official. Today, the Mongolian born sumo wrestler known as Hakuho was promoted to professional sumo’s highest rank, Grand Champion, or Yokozuna. Hakuho becomes the sports 69th Yokuzuna and joins fellow Mongolian wrestler Asashoryu at the pinnacle of Japan’s national sport. The means that the Hawaii Grand Sumo Tournament will be the first […]
My 4 year old son is a wonderful big brother. He just loves his little sister and can’t get enough of showering her with rough-house hugs and kisses. Unfortunately, she is not always happy about being the recipient of soooo much physical attention. As my Japanese adopted daughter just turned one recently, I was musing […]
I’m always surprised at how people react to my blog posts. In an earlier post, I made a brief mention about how much we loved the Combi Zeus-Turn car seat we bought in Japan and brought back to America. After that post, I noticed a very high level of buzz about the car seat so […]
Do you really know your sushi. How to eat it, how to order it and what’s the proper etiquette associated with Japan’s gift to world cuisine. Please watch this instructional video and tell me what you make of it (it’s in Japanese, but has English sub-titles). My Japanese friends love this. But I’d like to […]
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