Sunday, July 6, 2025

Bugs Day: Mushi-no-Hi 虫の日

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  Yep, humans celebrate our longevity on our birthdays. How about the other creatures? I’m sure there would be many special days, if not for...
Sunday, June 29, 2025

Celebration with a tree: Yokohama’s Commemorative Tree Planting Programme 横浜市人生記念植樹

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  This year’s monsoon season in Yokohama (called “tsuyu” in Japanese) could be very short. We’re already having baking sun for 30+°C every d...
Sunday, June 22, 2025

After thought: Odawara Sogamae to defend Odawara Castle, VI　小田原総構

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Come to think of it, forest as a defense system can be found in other parts of the world. The most recent and famous should be Ho Chi Minh T...
Sunday, June 15, 2025

What’s in a Name? Odawara Sogamae to defend Odawara Castle, V　小田原総構

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  The passage we’ve been through now was named (remember?) Komine-Okanenodai-O’horikiri-Higashibori 小峯御鐘ノ台大堀切東堀. “Komine-Okanenodai” is name...
Sunday, June 8, 2025

Not many ghosts here: O’horikiri for Odawara Sogamae to defend Odawara Castle, IV　小田原総構大堀切

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  After entering the commuter road next to Shinkansen Railway, you may have noticed we’ve gone up all the way. It continues. We walk the rid...
Sunday, June 1, 2025

In search of lost forest: to defend Odawara Castle III

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  When I’ve been there, it was cherry blossoms’ time … So, now we’ve returned Itabashi-mitsuke 板橋見付 traffic light from Odawara Castle Hayaka...