Three of us met at around 5pm in one of the best okonomiyaki shops in Yokogawa, a place called “Hyotan” in the CAZL shopping mall that leads from Yokogawa station to the Fresta supermarket. I believe I have said it before, but I shall not disdain to say it again [Read more…]
The tide is in at the Torii Gate, Miyajima. Another summer in Hiroshima, another trip to Miyajima Island. Miyajima is just down the coast from where we live, an easy trundle down the old Hiroden tram line and a ten minute ferry ride across the water. I have been on [Read more…]
Inside this little bottle is one mighty potent pick-me-up! It contains 1000mg of vitamin C, 2000mg of “natural citric acid”, and a lemon vinegar base made from Sicilian lemons which, the blurb assures us, gives it a refreshing taste despite the vinegar! The label on the bottle claims that the [Read more…]
There was something of an holiday atmosphere at the doctors’ tonight. Elder brother had returned home for the Japanese summer “Obon” holiday, so five of us trooped upstairs to the upper room. Elder son declined the initial offer to take a seat at the table, protesting (in accordance with self-abasing [Read more…]
Steven Okazaki’s film White Light/Black Rain: the Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki could well be the most gruelling documentary I have ever had to sit through. I attended the August 5th screening of the film (in English) at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. Halfway through the screening and the sheer [Read more…]
In recent years mahjong has been promoted in Japan as a way for elderly people to keep their brains in trim. Community centres around the country have laid on mahjong sessions for senior citizens. Naturally smoking, drinking and gambling are not permitted in these sessions. (Strictly speaking, gambling is illegal [Read more…]
Matsumae argues that since historical materialism is based on Newtonian science, modern science renders Marxism redundant. Relativity, probability and uncertainty have replaced nineteenth century determinism. Were he alive today, Marx would have accepted the change and adapted his system to accommodate it. Matsumae shows how Western science suffered under the [Read more…]
“The Lawless Roads” are neither! Nowhere is any lawlessness perpetrated against the protagonist, nor does he describe anything akin to a road; it is all potholes at best. He navigates his “lawless” journey via boat, airplane, or donkey. Greene observes: “Like the characters in Chekhov they have no reserves – [Read more…]
Mrs H had a day off work today so we decided to hop onto the bullet train and head for the provincial city of Fukuyama to see the Perugino exhibition at the Fukuyama Museum of Art. The first thing you see when you alight from the train and stop to [Read more…]
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