Today I'll write about a waka(和歌) written by Saigyo Hoshi(西行法師). Waka is the most popular and traditional Japanese short verse. (http://goo.gl/8ewy5) Saigyo Hoshi is a famous Kajin(歌人), waka poet. He was born as a member of the ari…

I saw cherry blossoms blooming along the Kanda river, and I heard a warbler singing behind my house. This is spring in uptown Tokyo. Whatever happened, spring has come, again.神田川に桜が咲き、 家の裏で鶯が囀る。 これが山の手の春。 どんな…

Yesterday I witnessed an awful behavior and heard terrible words at my office despite of there being such an emergency. I could not believe my eyes and ears. I was really upset, and then I alternated between feelings of anger and powerless…

Today is Saturday. In the morning my wife and I went to golf school as we usually do on a Saturday. We met our coach for the first time since the earthquake. He was safe. After we got back home, we took a nap on the floor heating like two …