A great book. Really. Quite moving, no doubt. In a lot of ways, it resembles The Tale of the Heike (平家物語) and Yoshitsune (義経記), not surprisingly: They are all considered gunkimono(軍記物), warfare tales from one of the most bloody periods in Japanese history from the 12th to 16th century. The Heike is about the rise… Continue reading The Tale of the Soga Brothers (曾我物語)
I kind of like my parents. I think they are cool. Not so much because they try to be up on the youth culture of the time (which I am not sure how much I am familiar with anyway), but because they take genuine interest in people and things around them. My mom tells… Continue reading My Dad
I love Pesach. It was one of five holidays I grew up with and I always thought that it was rather fun. I grew up celebrating Pesach, Chanukkah, お正月, Purim (sometimes), and Sukkot (until I was about 9). Every year on Pesach my mom would read the Passover issue of the Tokyo Jewish Community Center… Continue reading Pesach Craze
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