I recently received an email that owners of the thejapanshop.com published their first Kindle ebook, a beginners’ level Japanese language text called “Hiragana, the Basics of Japanese.” They’ve asked mailing list subscribers to download the book (available for free here at least for the moment) and review it on Amazon’s website. I haven’t loaded the [...]

Lately, due to general life busy-ness, I’ve fallen behind on my unofficial list of things I’d like to do in the DC area. It’s amazing how after more than two decades of being in this city my list just keeps getting longer and longer. I’ll do this list in two parts. First, things I have [...]