Hokkaido Kudasai

The Great Wave progress - the top half is finished and I’ve started the lower right quarter. (Outlining to be done at the end). Pineapple Po...

Today is election day in the US.  American citizens living abroad are still eligible vote. If a voter does not maintain an address in the US...

I made 19 new hexagon blocks, all but two with Japanese fabrics, and lots of new hexagons. The pile of blocks on the left were made previous...

  (Picture from The Japan News) Mt. Fuji saw its first snowcap of the season on Friday, October 30th, according to the Japan Meteorological ...

Nikko Toshogu Shrine enshrines the most famous samurai leader, Tokugawa Ieyasu. He is one of the most important figures in Japan’s history, ...

  I also finished off these little previously finished cross stitches.

This place was an unexpected find. It is a well preserved example of a late Edo era samurai residence that later served as a hotel for forei...