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April of 2020 was obliterated by the pandemic and all I have to show for it is some more cherry blossom photos. 2020年の四月はパンデミックにやられました。もう桜の写真しかありません。

I don’t know what they will call it in the future, but the Covid-19 Corona Virus Pandemic sucked. Because you know that as well as I, all I have for you this month is a few photos from around Nakano before the quarantine set in. 将来、何と言う知らないけれどコロナパンデミックはひどい。　私と同様（どうよう）に感じていると思いますが、隔離前の中野の写真を数枚のせます。 Photos from South Nakano It seems that every neighborhood… Continue reading March 2020 – Talk About a Buzz-Kill →

That title is a little scary! We do not yet know the depth of our predicament, but the COVID-19 threat began this month.  By the end of the month, events were being canceled, stores were sold out of masks and toilet paper, and I was regularly working at home to avoid the crowded commuter trains. But… Continue reading February 2020 – The Coming of the Plague →

So little happened this month that I cosidered just skipping this month’s post. But I managed to scrounge up one interesting photo of myself and ex-student Kazumi, so that will have to be enough 　 for you. 今月の更新をスキップする事を考えたほどに何もあまりしませんでした。でも私と昔の生徒の面白い写真を何とか手に入れました。　これで十分はずです。 New Year and Jet Lag I spent the last few days of my vacation hanging out with… Continue reading January 2020 – Drawing Exchange →

Christmas and New Years The last year of the month was very quiet for me. I spent about 10 days hanging out with my Mom in my hometown. I watched a bunch of movies, ate way too many cookies, and had a nice Christmas celebration at my ister’s house. 今年の最後の月はとても静かでした 。 故郷で母と十日間のんびりしました。 映画をたくさん見てクッキーを食べ過ぎて妹の家でクリスマスのパーティーをしました。 The weather… Continue reading December 2019 – Christmas 2019 →

The month marking my 50th year on the planet was one of my busiest and featured my first visit to Osaka. 五十歳の誕生日の月はとても忙しくて、大阪への初めての旅行もありました。 Farewell New Friend “Your Warehouse” in Kawasaki is, or should I say “was,” an amazing video game arcade. Spanning four floors of a large building, the first two floors were themed after a… Continue reading November 2018 – Getting Old in Osaka →

An unpleasant cold made the first half of October pretty dull. But then there was a huge typhoon followed by Halloween to liven things up. 嫌な寒さ　で１０月の前半は面白くなかったです。　でも巨大な台風とハロウィーンが活気づかせました。 Typhoon Hagibis Due to a cold, I had been staying close to my apartment for the first two weeks of the month. But then along came Typhoon Hagibis. Generally… Continue reading October 2019 – Hallowinds →

September this year was not particularly interesting. There was a small typhoon that knocked the trains out for a day. (This was not the big typhoon you have heard about recently. That’s in next month’s Bradblog entry.) I met my old nemesis, the Tokyo Game Show. And I did a little photography at a small… Continue reading September 2019 – Tokyo Game Show 2019 →

August this year was a blur of heat, sweat, and flashy costumes.  Let’s see if you get as exhausted reading about it as I did doing it. 今年の八月は暑さと汗と、はでなコスプレでいっぱいでした。　私が疲れたように、あなたも読んで疲れるかな。 Tokyo Design Festa Surprise My favorite art event, Tokyo Design Festa, held an additional occurrence this year, taking advantage of temporary space created for the Olympics. This… Continue reading August 2019 – We’re Havin’ a Heat Wave →

This month the rainy season gave way to some awful, steamy, humid days that left me wanting to do nothing other that lay under my air conditioner.  I managed to get out of my apartment enough to attend Wonder Festival and to play some games. 今月、 梅雨が終わって天気が蒸し暑くなりました。　エアコンの下にずっと寝ころがっていたかったです。　なんとかアパートを出てWonder Festivalに参加してボードゲームをしてきました。 Wonder Festival Summer, 2019 Typically held in… Continue reading July 2019 – Wonder Festival 2019 →