Shenanigans

Things that happen.


Dr. Snowshoe or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Kiss My Food 1

またかよ! Not again! These were the words I yelled as my snowshoes slid out from under me, sending me sliding down a hill covered in more than six feet of snow. Fortunately, the hill was neither steep nor particularly dangerous, because we were in a nice little clearing in the […]

entrance to Kitagassan Lodge

Tsuyahime rice on display for purchase

Mikawa Munchies

Mikawa is a small town north of where Jeff lives in Tsuruoka. Like a lot of rural Japan, it’s mostly farms and rice fields, but it’s for events like the 11th Annual Mikawa Warm Winter Festival that we gladly make the (15 minute) trek.