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In August of 2015, my fiends and I got together and held one of my Eikenkai sessions at Nara Butokuden. After the main HQ Butokuden was built in Kyoto in 1899, the next to be constructed was this Nara one in 1903. Little did we know, however, that when we visited it in 2015 there … Continue reading Eikenkai @ Wakayama Butokuden

Apologies everyone for my long absence from posting in this blog! Last November we moved home. At the same time my wife was operated on for Brain Cancer, so kendo took a back seat. In December I got the news that I have Stomach Cancer (one of Japan’s most popular). For a lifetime henna gaijin, […]

In my experience the Japanese are better at maths than us Brits. Whereas for years we have been taught “new Maths” where calculators are an integral part of the process, Japanese children are still taught by rote, in a similar … Continue reading →

The Mito Tōbukan was written about previously on this site. Since then it underwent a more than year long relocation and reconstruction. Dismantling of the original structure took place from January 2014 to March 2014. Reconstruction then took until March … Continue reading →