Jackie's Japan Journal

We went to the beach on Sunday.  The first time in years. I'm not over keen on Japanese beaches, they all seem to be dirty, over crowded...

This has been a very hard.  Nothing major but lots of little happenings. Poor Hannah has had the worse luck since the beginning of the summ...

The past few days have been rather interesting.  I still have a cough from that summer cold I had two weeks ago. I'm not coughing as muc...

Tomorrow starts the summer holidays for the kids.  I am sure this is some sort of trick, where has the first half of this year gone to?  I...

Yesterday was a national holiday in Japan, Marine Day or Ocean Day.  There is a little article about it on Wikipedia    http://en.wikipedia....

This cough is now driving me crazy.  I am a lot better but still coughing, not as often, but it is really heavy when I start.  One big probl...

Do other families have problems with flat surfaces?   I have a wall in my living room that needs something,  but everything I have put there...