Just had another extraordinary conversation with Shaynna (well, every phone conversation with my little angel is special for me )…
Me: Baby, where do you want to celebrate your birthday? (She’ll be 4 next month, and I meant to ask her whether she likes to have it at home or at the school.)
Shaynna: […]

I love the train stations here because they could be adjacent to department stores or shōtengai (商店街).   The Shin-Osaka station is one of my favorites.  It’s neither close to a mall nor shōtengai but the station building itself has many small shops and restaurants.  I always drop by the Uniqlo shop and see if […]