It was a great day. The author, Professor David Wright, came all the way from Canada; the translator, Ohtani san, and his friends came over from Kansai. David's book is DOWNS: the History of a Disability. I joined them at the party at the …

It was a fine autumn day. Katsura Rikyu villa and Sho So In exhibition were waiting for me. The beginning was just like a mistake. I intended to click 21 or 22 Nov but the system was not working maybe because of the flood of applications. …

The All Blacks won the World Cup 2015. I am very, very happy to know that. To my sorrow I did not watch the game as it was played. My daughter sat up all through the midnight game -- as it was broadcast live from 1 am or something like tha…