This was a creative writing entry in response to a writing prompt - "A Major Historical Event Through the Eyes of a Child". Here is my s...

When I was a young actress living in New York City, my first apartment was an unrenovated one-bedroom apartment in a fourth-floor walk-up...

Here in Japan, there is a unique way to set a New Year’s goal and to maintain focus until it is achieved. It is the not-so-friendly Daruma

Being half is hard whichever side of the ocean you end up on. September 30, 2001, we landed on the Japanese side of the Pacific at Narita.

When I married a non-American, I actually did not carefully think of the repercussions, like if my future children would fit in society.

There are probably many answers to this question and all of them might be valid if the result is a champion. I can only comment on how my c

Big brothers and sisters have a big influence over us and Sanshiro was no exception. At age 1, he would pretend to be on the soccer team!

One afternoon, Hidetoshi announced, "His name is Sanshiro!" "Sanshiro?" I pictured myself calling out this traditional Japanese name....

What is in a name? Why were you given the name that you were? Do you know?

But I just dug up an ancestor (not literally) on the Grow side, who was not only tall but quite interesting as well. Speaker of the House!

Finally, we stuck Athletic GOLD!! On the Murao Side...the maternal grandmother, Eiko Murao!

So now part two of the question: Where did Sanshiro get his athletic ability? I have clearly made a case for the Grow Family (not being a...

Is Sanshiro's athletic ability in his DNA? Let's jump in the gene pool and find out....

Recently, I was featured in an article in the Japan Times Newspaper, "It takes a Village to Raise an Olympic Hopeful". Since then, there ...