Hide and Seek in Tokyo 東京のひょっこりはん

Japanese follows English.　英語の後に日本語が続きます。

Baby lizard in Tokyo

Can you find it? I saw this baby lizard in Tokyo. I wrote about baby lizards I had seen in Nara prefecture last month, but didn't expect to see one again in Tokyo.

I wanted to take a better picture of it, but it must have been looking for a place to hide from still strong sunshine. A few seconds after taking this photo, it was gone into the bush....

I've been intrigued by lizards, reptiles, amphibians and dinosaurs since my childhood, though I can't or haven't touched them...

どこにいるか分かりますか。東京で会いました。奈良でも見かけてブログに書きましたが、まさか東京でも会えるとは思っていなかった赤ちゃんトカゲです！もう少しいい写真を撮りたかったのですが、すぐに藪の中に消えてしまいました。残暑厳しいものね。触ったことはありませんが、子供の頃からなぜか、トカゲ、カエル、恐竜が好きです。

"Retired Husband Syndrome 夫源病

日本語の後に英語が続きます。

Menopause-related symptoms are common. However, here in Japan, they are sometimes triggered by husbands who don't lift a finger at home, yet expect their wives to thank them just for providing for the family.

The Boiling Frog Theory ゆでガエル理論

英語の後に日本語が続きます。

Is he being boiled to death?

Some years ago, my company decided to transfer certain staff to another group company. I was one of them, but I didn't think it would be a problem. It was part of a usual reorganization process. Nothing would change—or so I thought.

Thanks Mosquito! 父と蚊

英語の後に日本語が続きます。

Keiko was not married and still lived with her parents. Her father had retired and had finally started to do some household chores for the first time in his life. The incident happened when they heard a mosquito buzzing in their ears while folding clothes side by side without any conversation.