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It’s beginning to get cold here in Tokyo. This is the time of year in which leaves start to turn and eventually snow down in a flurry of red, orange and yellow. Other things happen at around this time that not many people - I suspect - seem to realize here in Tokyo.
One of [...]

I picked up a copy of The War Works Hard by Dunya Mikhail (Translated by Elizabeth Windslow, with an introduction by Saadi Simawe) quite a while ago, but I skimmed through it again today while taking a break from the endless research-related tomes I have yet to go through. The War Works Hard is a [...]

Apparently, there’s this guy from Central America who looks like me. He lives in the same dormitory I live in, too.
Over the last few months, people would walk up to me, say hi, and then get upset when they realize that I don’t recognize them. I’ve been walking around for the last few months doubting [...]

Looking out the window on the train between Kokubunji Station and Kunitachi Station (where my university is located), I spotted someone with what translates to “two birds with one stone” written on the back of his shirt waiting on one of the platforms. At first, I laughed to myself a little because I had completely [...]