We had a fine time of it in Kagoshima and Miyazaki. Here are some photos of our holiday. The first three were taken by Neil… sadly the rest, which I was hosting on Blue Melon, were lost when I failed to back them up and forgot to renew the subscription… [Read more…]
Ardle came over yesterday for a pleasant afternoon’s chat over the chess board and cold beer. I shall report on the chess in a later blog post as the Ardle is about to return to polish off the game and claim his first victory in circumstances that bear some resemblance [Read more…]
We are now in the middle of Obon here in Japan. Obon is the time of year when the spirits of the dead are said to return to earth to visit their ancestors. Lanterns are dedicated to the spirits of dead ancestors and family members at family graves. Here in [Read more…]
Summer is a wonderful time in Japan. True, it’s hot and humid, but the beer is cold and there are summer festivals to enjoy. Here in Rakurakuen, half way between Hiroshima City and the island of Miyajima, we are blessed with summer festivals on four consecutive weekends. This year we [Read more…]
According to Gibbon, in the XXIst chapter of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, the emperor Constantine addressed to the leaders of the contending parties of Orthodoxy and Arianism, to Bishop Alexander of Constantinople, and to the presbyter Arius, a “moderating epistle” in which the emperor tells them [Read more…]
I have greatly enjoyed watching the television series, The Tudors. The casting is mostly excellent, as are the settings and costumes. As long as you keep in mind that you are watching a soap opera loosely based on historical characters and events, and not a documentary or reconstruction of historical [Read more…]
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