08022014 Snowstorm

Heavy snowfall outside. Was supposed to go to Disneysea today, but I didn’t know that my friend K left a message at the lobby till I checked out. I gave him a call, and he then rushed over to pick me up along with his daughter, Y, in tow. K explained that he had called […]

08122014 Kawagoe and the Narita blizzard

I was in Kawagoe last week, a very short trip to soak in the feel of ‘Little Edo’ as it was called. The previous night there was a snowfall, so we were marveling at how serene and elegant the temples stood among it. Then, came the heaviest snowfall Narita had seen in about 20 years. […]