During my recent couple of weeks in Tokyo a lot of people expressed interest in visiting me while I was going to be in Oshika. Visiting here as a “tourist” is, at this stage of the recovery, extremely encouraging for local people. Don’t feel that you have to come here and “do” something or volunteer [...]

I’ve been so busy with my niece’s visit and the release of the Ask Caroline book that I haven’t had time to write anything! Here’s a quick rundown of some great things I did with my niece Megan, in case they might be useful to other people visiting Tokyo. As I wrote last time, sitting [...]

For watching the sun go down I always think of looking out to the sea—for some reason it never occurs to me to watch the sun go down in a city, and in my 14 years in Japan, I don’t think I have ever watched the sun go down in Tokyo. And one of the [...]