Japan: Hygiene & Household Products

Okay, Indigirl – you asked for it, you got it. Let’s take an in-depth look into the fascinating world of Japanese hygiene and household products… I’m sure I looked like the Biggest Douche in the Universe, moving slowly and methodically through the aisles of Himeji’s SuperDrug, camera poised, giggling softly to myself from time to […]

Hiroshima: Paper Cranes & Okonomiyaki

Hiroshima was not what I expected. I don’t know what I thought I’d find there, but I suppose I thought there would be more physical evidence of the devastation of the A-bomb, even though it was half a century ago, outside of the scope of my lifetime. Instead, the town was a bustling metropolis of […]