Sauntering Sunflower

Locutus has been hard at work on his Ninja skills. Here is a visual portfolio demonstrating his prowess. Here he is on a bus . . just b...

One thing I realize I've never done, is written an extensive post about washrooms in Japan. First off, just like at home, public washroo...

By now, you'll have noticed that our early efforts at souvenir shopping were quite frustrating. The places we returned to lacked anythin...

Today was the final day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo tournament. This has been a pretty exciting tournament for us, being able to attend everyda...

It was late in the day when we hit Miyajima. We didn't care, because we wanted a spot we could let Locutus wander around. We found some...

"Hi! My name is Jenn and I'm adopting you into my sumo education association!" That's actually how I started a conversat...

Every day we take Taihaku dori from Hakata station to the International building where sumo is held. We usually walk the distance - it's...