Hello friend, how are you doing? It has been a while since I sent out a postcard (or anything else). Life after the pandemic has been all...

Hi friend, how are you holding up? Half the year has passed and gone, and the weather is heating up. The birds and cicadas are alive more...

Hi friend, how has it been? It is the last day of Golden Week in Japan - a 5-day weekend and I have been so unproductive over the past...

Hi friend, how are you holding up? It is April, and Spring is officially here. The birds are out hanging in my garden and my cats cannot...

Hi friend, it has been a while. How are you holding up in the new year? I cannot believe that we are at the end of the second month in...

Hi friend, how's it going? It has been a while since I reached out. Has it really been 2 months? The typhoon season has ended, and winter...

Hello friend, how are you doing? It is my favourite time of the year, the most comfortable season ever again. It was officially the...

Hi friend, how are you going? It is now September, the typhoon season in Japan. Typhoon Nanmadol just passed through Japan and rattled...

Hello friend, how are you doing? The seasons are changing again. I cannot believe that we are already more than halfway through the year....

Hi friend, how are you going? When I started writing this letter last week, typhoon Meari was making its landing in the Kanto region in...

Hello friend, how are you doing? The weather in Japan has been incredibly unpredictable, but midsummer is definitely here. The cicadas...

Hi friend, how are you going? Surprise, I am still alive! So much has happened in the past month that I have not written. It has been a...

Hello friend, how are you doing? It is now the middle of June, which brings us out of Spring and on track towards the most uncomfortable...

Hi friend, how are you going? I am sure you would have heard by now, but Japan is welcoming (some) tourists again! After two long years,...

Hello friend, how are you doing? The world is both opening up and going crazy at the same time. In Japan, we have just concluded Golden...

Hi friend, how are you holding up? It is getting warm. My winter coats are in storage, and my shorts are out. I am ready to work from my...

Hello friend, how are you doing? The weather is getting really warm. It was below 10 degrees Celsius two weeks ago, and we are now...

Hi friend, it is now 4 months into 2022. I am sorry for the late letter. Work has been so all-consuming that it was all I could think...

Hello friend, the temperatures are rising fast here in Japan. Spring has officially arrived. Every month, I send out an extra edition of...

Hi friend, we are now two months into the new year. As we are trying to live through a global pandemic, a massive war is going on in...