• Almost Arrested at the Meiji Shrine

    Almost Arrested at the Meiji Shrine

    Yesterday I walked to the Meiji Shrine to see if I could get a good photograph of one of the interior hallways within the shrine itself.  My photo school assignment…

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  • Lazy Saturday

    Lazy Saturday

    It’s a lazy Saturday afternoon.  Yumiko is at ballet practice.  Ken is writing for the Japanese Newsletter and I am here at the computer looking at photos I took today for my class.…

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  • Shirane Mountain Adventure

    Shirane Mountain Adventure

    It’s Wednesday morning here in Tokyo.  Ken, Yumiko and I just got back last night from a three day adventure at a ski lodge in the Shirane Mountains in northern Japan.…

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  • Adrian Rodzianko

    Adrian Rodzianko

    It’s Saturday night about 10:30 and I should be hitting the sack as the three of us Kono’s will be off tomorrow at 5:30 a.m. for a three day skiing…

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  • Arisugawa Park

    Arisugawa Park

    It’s Friday evening after dinner.  We are all back home watching Larry King Live with Maureen Dowd, Paul Begala and DeDe Myers talking about Obama’s inauguration and his first two…

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  • My First Entry

    O.K. boys and girls.  This is my first blog entry.  I am sitting here in our little apartment in Tokyo.  It is now 7:05 a.m.  It is Friday morning, January…

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