Creating the kind of well toned legs I love to look at on Japanese women don't come easily unless you have good genetics. Some women are just born with gorgeous legs while others may have to work at them a bit, and then, you have the pigeon toed...

This month's new rice - about every other month I blog about a new rice - hails from Hokkaido.  I chose this part of Japan again because of its cold winter varietals.     These cold temperature resistant rice grains  has lead researchers...

  The finest illuminations and spectacles of light can been seen here at one of Tokyo’s swankiest business districts.  This year, like last year, the night time displays of lights not only lit the atmosphere, but our hearts as well. ...

I took this shot of a plant somewhere in Kawasaki near a very busy part of town.  There’s so much air pollution there nowadays.  But even still, even in other major cities in Yokohama, the biodiversity is can be quite interesting.  Just the other...

A few years ago, these rails were used for the Toyoku line, which has since been closed because of the creation of another line called the Minato Mirai.  This new  line connects Yokohama to Tokyo in less than 40 minutes and has revolutionized the way...