I hoped for something intensely focused at the end of the fascinating drama. I did not expect a scene digressed where the brother and the foe's strategist discuss how to reign one's territory, much less the mention of Sakuma Shozan. I thou…

It was a triumph of the technique of the translator -- who was it? -- and we had to save ourselves from deep dissapointment by drawing attention to the appreciation of Emma Stone's beautiful eyes. We liked some ot Woody Allen's films. We l…

As part of celebration of the opening of the Hokkaido Shinkansen, Aomori offers apple juice from the tap. This is a variation of B's childhood dream of drinking tap tomato juice. He liked --- and still likes --- tomato juice so much that o…

Ｂ saw and heard something beautiful when he went out to the garbage collection place this morning. What he saw was delicate white thin flakes on the side of the mountain to the west. What he heard was a beautiful tune of a bird. I had an …

I came home earlier today than usual, switching on TV -- which is not usual as I usually go straight to Hillary or to the kitchen. It was too early to prepare for supper; Hillary seemed to be sleeping upstairs. Tobikiri Shizuoka was on. It…

There are a few places I want to visit for nostalgia; there is one particular place I want to visit again to have curry and rice, or have spiced onion salad, or rather to sit on a low sofa covered with a large cloth, or have a cup of chai.…

The expert's talk was superb. His talk included Puccini's principle of simplicity! , political background to Tosca's Rome and an episode of a trampoline instead of a mat. He played the piano passionately; he sang well. Probably the mist pa…

The last half day at the manuscript room today. This kind of short entry seems to survive. The first, second and third Tosca had three considerable paragraghs. This might have been the problem with me.

I have written about Tosca again and again and again. One of them survived, but only the title.

I have lost two entries successively. Where has my Tosca gone? Sometimes the publish button disappears and I lose my entries.

This is new to me in London. They generously and abundantly offered plastic bags at supermarkets and department stores, until when I don't know. Last January it was as it used to be. This year on the first day in London at M&S I was asked …

I watched a new episode of Sherlock on BBC iPlayer. It was broadcast on 1 Jan 2016. The title is the Abominable Bride. Sherlock and John, and others go alternately to the nineteenth century and to the 21st. The transport is triggered by th…