He’s learning stuff faster than we realize – and now he’s ready to show us a thing or two!

Join Naoki as he shows you how to:

• keep cool this summer
• speed read
• have fun at Ikea
• phone home
• keep fit at the gym

genfab.com – fun and educational! Who knew?

A couple weekends ago we packed our suitcases and took a short exotic getaway to…

… New York?

… Paris?

… the Moon?

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This Father’s Day – get Dad something he really wants …

… or at least can readily use / eat …

Supermarket sushi!

Heart-shaped potato & macaroni salad combo sold separately.

Actually, there’s only a touch of sarcasm there. I like supermarket sushi (and potato & macaroni salad for that matter).

Happy Father’s Day to fathers everywhere (namely my own!). Whether you’re dining on sushi, steak or pizza – have a great one.

Anyone who knows Shinjuku would agree that it’s not a good place for picnic… unless of course you’re talking about Shinjuku Gyoen Park. Now that’s quite a little oasis in the middle of Tokyo’s concrete jungle.

Amazingly, before today I had never been to Gyoen Park before. That’s nearly the equivalent of living in New York City for 4 years and having never visited Central Park before… a disgrace, I know!

In any case, I was pleasantly surprised. For the low low price of 200 yen per person, one can escape the ever growing forest of Shinjuku’s skyscrapers for a real bit of forest … grass and all!

“Oooo – grass!”, I hear you say. It may not sound like anything special – but city parks in Tokyo are generally brown and grey. I suppose the intent is to have them be as “low maintenance” as possible. So, 200 yen for this bit of “normalcy” – good deal.

We brought some grub with us, and picked up more on the way – and had a nice time just hanging out in the park on this hot spring day.

We’re overdue for a video, so feel free to join us …

… see you again soon, Gyoen!

With summer nearly here – and Naoki’s hair well out of control – it was time to put an end to the madness. We headed back to Chokkin’s this afternoon to get the little guy a cool new haircut.

And for the majority of you that probably think 3,000 yen ($35 CND) is way too much to get your kid’s hair cut – you’re probably right. But for huge benefit of keeping the trauma outside of the home, we think it’s well worth it.

Before:

Mop Top!

Ready for cutting action!

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