After months of being in Tokyo, we finally took a weekend trip to Nasu, Tochigi. Last week, Amber shared her rejuvenating mom break. So for this week, I thought I’d share our weekend in…
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A short story in the time it takes to travel a few stations and head to the Yokohama train. This short story has been lying around my hard drive since 2012. I can’t remember…
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The life force for creativity are new experiences and the easiest way to stay inspired is to get away! Break your routine, cultivate new experiences, explore new cultures, and let yourself be happy, amazed, and relaxed. Pleasantly surprised,…
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Good morning! It’s 2:18 AM a time of peak creativity and thankfully an earthquake not imagined awoke me to finish something on my list. In a past life I’d just be starting this post…
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It’s getting humid in Tokyo and soon it will also be brutally hot. The romantic ideal of summer is sitting on tatami mats dressed in colorful cotton yukata nibbling salted watermelon while delicately waving…
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On March 12, one day after the earthquake I received this email: Hi Kimberly, There was huge earthquake yesterday. I have not experienced such big before. Are you OK? Everything is fine? If you…
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A powerful magnitude 9.0 earthquake shook Japan on March 11th at 2:46 PM followed by a tsunami with enough force to demolish entire cities, tens of thousands of lives were lost. I walked to…