In Darkness, Death – Book Review

In Darkness, Death is the award wining third installment of Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler’s Samurai Mysteries series. I des

In Darkness, Death

In Darkness, Death is the title of the third book in the Samurai Mysteries series written by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler. I hav

Drainspotting: Japan’s Artistic Manhole Covers

There are many things to like about Japan. Anime, temples, samurai and electronics are some of the usual things that come to m

The Demon in the Teahouse – Book Review

The second book in the Samurai Mysteries series is The Demon in the Teahouse. It picks up right after the exciting happenings

The Demon in the Teahouse

After enjoying the first book in the Samurai Mysteries series called The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn I moved on to the second boo

The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn – Book Review

Let me start off by saying The Ghost on the Tokaido Inn is an awesome book. The experience reading it is everything and more t

The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn

I have been mostly staying true to my promise of trying to rekindle my long extinguished book worm fire by reading before I fa

Peach Boy Momotaro

A couple years ago while attending Japanese classes I received a gift from my Japanese teacher. The gift was a book called Pea

Otaku Encyclopedia – Book Review

The Otaku Encyclopedia: An InsiderÒ€ℒs Guide to the Subculture of Cool Japan is a book I picked up and blogged about earl

Japan an Illustrated History – Book Review

A couple weeks ago I bought a couple books to help me in my quest to rediscover my reading mojo. I have been diligently keepin

Japan an Illustrated History

I haven’t been reading as much as I used to lately. In between work, video games, anime, blogging, TV, the internet and