Almost four years ago I wrote a post when my first grandchild was born. She’s already almost four years old now…and she’s a perfect angel! Well, yesterday she became a big sister! My second...
Exactly one hundred years ago today (September 1st, 1923), Tokyo was hit by a massive earthquake. It’s called 「関東大地震」(“The Great Kanto Earthquake“). It was at about noon on th...
https://tokyo5.wordpress.com/2023/09/01/one-hundred-years-ago-today/
As I wrote in this post, I’ve basically stopped blogging. I occasionally add a new post…but very rarely. But Steve “Lips” Kudlow of the heavy-metal band “Anvil” agreed to do a short i...
https://tokyo5.wordpress.com/2021/11/11/interview-with-anvil/
As I wrote in this post, I stopped blogging a few years ago…but, I wanted to write a special post because I saw a KISS show on their current Japan tour. (Here is another blog post I wrote abo...
My blog is titled “Tokyo Five” because my wife and I have three children (who have all become adults)…(My “About Me” page). My oldest daughter has gotten married earlier this year. My n...
https://tokyo5.wordpress.com/2019/11/29/tokyo-six-tokyo-seven/
I used to post on this blog regularly…but three years ago I began to get tired of it and wrote a final post that I was retiring this blog. But recently, someone requested I do an interview with...
https://tokyo5.wordpress.com/2019/08/05/another-interview-2/
I started this blog almost exactly eight years ago. It receives, at this time, an average of 1,000 visitors a day. I appreciate all of the visitors to this blog…especially the ones who leave co...
A family of five in Tokyo, Japan...
https://tokyo5.wordpress.com/2016/02/07/retro-tourism-posters/
Originally posted on Tokyo Five : 今日は「節分」。(Today is “Setsubun“). Google’s Japanese page has a “Setsubun” logo today. Setsubun is a day to cast out bad luck and bring in...
https://tokyo5.wordpress.com/2016/02/03/today-is-setsubun-2/
I have received another book from Tuttle Books! And, as always, they have agreed to give (given) one free copy to a random visitor to my blog! The book I’m reviewing today is titled “Beyond T...
https://tokyo5.wordpress.com/2016/01/30/review-25-tiger-mom/