This weekend is the Fall Harvest Festival in the city of Iwakuni. I don't think I would have known about it if it wasn'...

... didn't really exist until about five years ago, I have been told. But the holiday, as it is celebrated in America, is slowly infiltr...

Our friends Marilyn and Alvin went with us on a day trip to Oshima Island (Actually, there are several Oshima Islands in Japan... this on...

I finally had a chance to attend one of the Japanese cooking classes sponsored by the MCAS Iwakuni's Cultural Adaptation office...