Because what nuptial event could possibly be complete without… • Jonelle Patrick writes mysteries set in Tokyo
Category Archives: Just another day in Japan
May
05
I Never Thought I’d Be Excited About A Fire Escape
posted by Jonelle Patrick
But isn’t this the best fire escape EVER? I mean, it’s a SLIDE. (And a fast one too. I know. I was a childhood slide junkie.) If I lived here, I’d want to have fire drills every day. • Jonelle Patrick writes mysteries set in Tokyo.
March
31
Why I’d Totally Follow This Guy’s Instagram If He Hadn’t Died In 1889
posted by Jonelle Patrick
Kawanabe Kyosai. He’d have had the best instagram ever. Of course, these are just a small appetizer – the show is HUGE, and so full of great stuff, it took me over an hour to see it all. If you’re in Tokyo before “This is Kyosai: The Israel Goldman Collection” ends on April 16, 2017, GO. It’s […]
March
14
In Which We Encounter Japanese Engineering At It’s Finest
posted by Jonelle Patrick
It’s always reassuring to know that the Tokyo subways are state-of-the-art. • Jonelle Patrick writes mysteries set in Tokyo. Her fourth book – Painted Doll – is just out in paperback Watch the one-minute trailer (1:04)
December
17
The Werewolf Shrine
posted by Jonelle Patrick
High on top of a snowy mountain in Chichibu – so far from any train station that you’ll be eligible for a senior citizen discount by the time you get off the bus – is the Mitsumine Jinja. At first it looks like a typical Shinto shrine with fox messengers at the gate… …but a […]
October
17
At The Crazy Cat Parade
posted by Jonelle Patrick
I have to admit, I was powerless to resist going to a thing where hundreds of people dressed more or less as cats pranced down the street, some of them raucously performing musical numbers in which “nyan nyan nyan” replaced all the lyrics. The Bake Neko Parade gives everyone and their granny an excuse to dress up every October near Kagurazaka […]
September
30
In Which An 8th Century Monk Trolls Us All
posted by Jonelle Patrick
Inside this telephone booth of yore lies the Miroku Stone. For hundreds of years (since the time of the venerable Kobo Daishi*) it has been known that if a virtuous person reaches through the little window and picks up the stone, it will feel light. But if you’ve been a bad boy, it will be unbearably […]
