Hello 2020, year of mouse (or rat?)
A Happy New Year! 2020 is a year of mouse (or rat) in Chinese Zodiac. Pidan has had a "mouse visitor" and they are relaxing in "Kotatsu"...
1 May 2019 - Happy New Era, Reiwa!
30th April 2019 and 1st May 2019 were very important days for Japanese citizens. Japanese emperor, Akihito, abdicated from his crown on...
April - I would say Spring is officially here (in northern hemisphere).
Time flies like an arrow, and now it's already April! In Japan, April is the month when new a school year starts. Also, April is the...
It's March! Spring is just around the corner.
It's already March! One month has passed since we celebrated the Happy Chinese New Year. Still a little bit chilly, windy and rainy in...
Happy Chinese New Year!
A Happy Chinese New Year! Happy Lunar New Year! And also, it is a Japanese New Year in their "Old Calendar". In Japan, people celebrate...
Happy New Year 2019!
A Happy New Year to you all! 2019 is a year of wild boar. As a grown up wild boar is too big for Pidan, Pidan is riding on a "Uri-Bo",...
December 2018 - Happiness is...
Happiness is... Singing a Christmas carol together with old friends again. 今年も、みんな元気に集まって、そろって合唱できて良かったね。 Happiness is... Finding a...
November 2018 - November is the month all the Pidans get drunken!
November. The month when wine lovers receive the "preview wine" of the year's harvest from the Beaujolais region. When the Japanese...
October 2018 - Summer is officially finished and now we are waiting for Christmas!
We have just entered into October and it's very cold in London. Maybe it's about the time when we start finding hot chestnuts sellers on...
September 2018 - Yeah, you and me, we can ride on a star...
"Yeah, you and me, we can ride on a star If you stay with me, girl We can rule the world.." It's just the beginning of September but...