https://www.accidentalfeminist.net/blog daily 0.75 2026-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1bbe336eeb973ee1c09f23/14fdbd18-05eb-40b7-9006-782bc436b7c6/Girl+in+a+Box-V2.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1bbe336eeb973ee1c09f23/eaefc62b-acb0-4193-a16d-2212eab65d24/Image+6-29-24+at+2.22%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1bbe336eeb973ee1c09f23/9d8926aa-fc3d-45b5-9fbf-e0c955c71a0c/IMG_0145.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1bbe336eeb973ee1c09f23/4da3f4a1-3157-4d97-89cc-4cfaf979bdd5/Copy+of+Copy+of+Two-Sided+Green+Mint+Minimalist+Business+Thank+You+Cards+%28Card+%28Square%29%29-2.png https://www.accidentalfeminist.net/blog/about-the-title-girl-in-a-box monthly 0.5 2026-03-02 https://www.accidentalfeminist.net/blog/kyoto-dec-2025-update monthly 0.5 2025-12-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1bbe336eeb973ee1c09f23/1767077340847-1VB7U287MLLIQIP6WVVY/IMG_6461.jpeg Blog - Kyoto: Some updated recommendations - Ponto-cho Ponto-cho, the narrow street of restaurants and bars squeezed against the west bank of the Kamo River, can be intimidating. In the past I have avoided it, seeing it as over-run by tourists. I also worried about getting cornered in a restaurant that was over-priced or too fancy for my comfort. On this trip, Ken and I decided to set aside those concerns and give it a shot. We visited two evenings in a row, just as the sun was going down. It was a bit before peak party time, so we avoided the rush. We were successful—below are two nice places that didn’t break the bank. Pro-tip: the best time to visit Ponto-cho is in summertime, when restaurants open their back patios for al fresco riverfront dining. In December, those decks are closed off. We’ll have to come back again in summertime, what a shame! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1bbe336eeb973ee1c09f23/6574b21e-a88f-422a-92bd-03ba52a2cced/IMG_6488.jpeg Blog - Kyoto: Some updated recommendations - Pontako Sakura （ぽんたこ佐蔵） We were attracted by the little takeout window facing the street where the chef flipped golf-ball-sized takoyaki (bbq octopus in an eggy crepe batter). Leaving our shoes in the entry, we sat at a small bar with room for about ten people. We sat on tatami but there was space below the bar for our legs, so it was quite comfortable. We both had a drink and snack (I had yakisoba noodles) while watching the chef work in his tiny, storefront kitchen little larger than a roomy telephone booth. (https://www.palplan.net/pontako/photo/) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1bbe336eeb973ee1c09f23/4295cae1-5a84-4128-ac01-ece11c3f775e/IMG_6486.jpeg Blog - Kyoto: Some updated recommendations - Idzumoya（先斗町いづもや） As you enter Ponto-cho from Shijo Ohashi bridge, turn into the first place on your right and go up the stairs to the second floor. Here is a cute restaurant with good shabu-shabu, sukiyaki, and unagi (eel). The food service was quick, friendly, and relaxed. The view of the bridge was spectacular. As an aside, we were surprised when our eel came covered with a thin layer of egg, which we’d never seen before. 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That’s me with my soon-to-be-husband Ken, a History major. https://www.accidentalfeminist.net/blog/the-dmz-czr85 monthly 0.5 2025-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1bbe336eeb973ee1c09f23/ec163074-8000-45c8-8c08-37a3c8cefc35/IMG_5341.jpeg Blog - Carpe Diem - Me, seizing the day at Tennessee Valley Trail, Mill Valley CA (photo by Valerie Saul) https://www.accidentalfeminist.net/blog/the-dmz monthly 0.5 2025-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1bbe336eeb973ee1c09f23/1753378609757-3KI03375WPE2DZN27ZMP/unsplash-image-wDLkhlL-Ns8.jpg Blog - The DMZ - Make it stand out The red-crowned crane https://www.accidentalfeminist.net/blog/so-youre-going-to-marrakech monthly 0.5 2025-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1bbe336eeb973ee1c09f23/c9ea8b65-a241-474a-8a11-1f1d92e4be05/IMG_3732.jpg Blog - So you’re going to Marrakech? - Make it stand out The Medina at night https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1bbe336eeb973ee1c09f23/37b68b18-496c-44bc-b82a-2a63c31ee43c/IMG_3681.jpeg Blog - So you’re going to Marrakech? - Mint tea Consisting of clay pot stews (tajine), French-style pastries, couscous, and salads, the food was uniformly delicious. Fresh mint tea was served up practically every time we sat down. Vegetarians will be challenged, as most dishes are meat-based, and the squeamish will want to look the other way when passing display cases containing goat heads, eyeballs, and freshly butchered meat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1bbe336eeb973ee1c09f23/02feb9a4-a46d-422d-8001-4876a8285236/IMG_0774.jpeg Blog - So you’re going to Marrakech? - Shop! Haggling in the souks is standard, but I was surprised at how little the final sale price budged despite my heartfelt negotiations. For example, if 350 dirhams was the initial offered price, we settled at around 300. I had been told to expect fifty percent cuts from the initial price. The Terraces des Épices is a quiet(er) oasis in the mayhem and has a wonderful patisserie for a break from shopping. The Ensemble Artisanal has a smaller selection, but there is no haggling or high-pressure sales, and the quality is high. 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Drink from the waters of luck, buy charms and protective amulets, pray for good test scores, make the blind walk between the love stones. And of course, check out the iconic promontory jutting out over the valley. Enjoy the Ninenzaka/Sannensaka shopping streets that leads to the temple for souvenirs. (Photo: Ken Kocienda) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1bbe336eeb973ee1c09f23/094fc797-7991-4499-a6bd-4468304ecbd0/Teramachi.jpeg Blog - So You’re Going to Kyoto? Teramachi Street (寺町通) and Nishiki Market (錦市場). Japanese-style shopping streets in central Kyoto. Great for shopping, getting something to eat, people watching, and street scenes. (http://www.savoryjapan.com/travel/kyoto/nishiki.market.html) Nishiki is a traditional Japanese covered food market street. Even after living in Japan for a long time I did not know what a lot of those foods were. There is a lot of fresh fish and Japanese root vegetables and spices. 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Now. https://www.accidentalfeminist.net/blog/write-a-good-poem monthly 0.5 2022-06-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1bbe336eeb973ee1c09f23/1652751694792-HA7ZIK927LY1CLSV2JH7/unsplash-image-NXiIVnzBwZ8.jpg Blog - How to Write a Good Poem - “Poetry is the music of words.” https://www.accidentalfeminist.net/blog/the-sumo-flu monthly 0.5 2022-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1bbe336eeb973ee1c09f23/1652464766081-L4Y352JTKEKJK74JW3J9/unsplash-image-BV08BQH6K-A.jpg Blog - The Sumo Flu - Wrestlers then and now live in very close quarters. https://www.accidentalfeminist.net/blog/dear-japan-do-you-want-us-back monthly 0.5 2022-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1bbe336eeb973ee1c09f23/1651614191324-DFKXEF7SQD2UT74UXDSG/unsplash-image-8KLLgqHMAv4.jpg Blog - Dear Japan, Do You Even Want Tourists Back? - Make it stand out I’m starting to feel unwelcome. https://www.accidentalfeminist.net/blog/your-mother-is-a-man monthly 0.5 2022-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1bbe336eeb973ee1c09f23/1643225837660-KVV2HSA2OBPTFM4MMID7/unsplash-image-X9bJm702f_c.jpg Blog - Your Mother is a Man - Make it stand out Being a perfect woman is an imperfect business https://www.accidentalfeminist.net/blog/radium-and-other-20th-century-conveniences monthly 0.5 2021-12-28 https://www.accidentalfeminist.net/blog/this-mothers-life-is-in-danger monthly 0.5 2021-11-18 https://www.accidentalfeminist.net/blog/on-aiming-high-and-falling-short monthly 0.5 2021-11-10 https://www.accidentalfeminist.net/blog/jealousy-is-an-energy-gps9c monthly 0.5 2021-09-22 https://www.accidentalfeminist.net/blog/jealousy-is-an-energy monthly 0.5 2021-09-22 https://www.accidentalfeminist.net/blog/sidestepping-translation-clunkers monthly 0.5 2021-07-13 https://www.accidentalfeminist.net/blog/the-war-poem-that-got-akiko-in-trouble monthly 0.5 2021-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1bbe336eeb973ee1c09f23/1624378199235-UN91CXVTKH2W08SO2MOF/844px-Mukden_Japanese_Assault_French_Papier.jpg Blog - The War Poem that Got Akiko in Trouble - Don't Lay Down Your Life （君死にたまふことなかれ） To my youngest brother, conscripted and sent to fight on the Liaotung Peninsula, 1904 I cry for you, Brother, don't you dare lay down your life, You, the youngest child in our family, thus cherished all the more- Mother and Father didn't educate you to wield weapons and to murder; they didn't bring you up, to the age of twenty-four, so that you could kill, or be killed yourself. You were born into a long line of proud tradespeople in the city of Sakai; having inherited their good name, don't you dare lay down your life. What does it matter if that fortress on the Liaotung Peninsula falls or not? It's nothing to you, a tradesman with a tradition to uphold. Don't you dare lay down your life. The Emperor himself doesn't go to fight at the front; others spill out their blood there. If His Majesty be indeed just and magnanimous, surely he won't wish his subjects to die like beasts, nor would be call such barbarity "glory" Little Brother, don't you dare lay down your life in battle. This autumn, Father passed away. Mother manages, somehow, to carry on, but lives in constant fear for the son who's been taken from her- People say ours is a prosperous age, yet Mother's hair has all turned gray. Inside the family shop, behind the curtain, your willowy young wife weeps alone. Have you forgotten her? Is she in your thoughts? You two were together for less than ten months. Think how her heart is wrung. There's only one of you in this world, remember. Your family has no one else to turn to. Don't lay down your life. https://www.accidentalfeminist.net/blog/no-shame-in-being-poor monthly 0.5 2021-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1bbe336eeb973ee1c09f23/1623269604424-BY2NGQG2ZWXL39OCMDYE/Raising+12+kids+on+a+brush.jpg Blog - “No Shame in Being Poor” - Make it stand out “Raising Twelve Kids on a Brush”, Yomiuri Shimbun, 23 Feb 1939. https://www.accidentalfeminist.net/blog/sg59yxx50011lp4jpfwkq7iepvs6q9 monthly 0.5 2021-06-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1bbe336eeb973ee1c09f23/1623082889114-BTB2RCIM30LRNTJTP2BL/Akiko+with+Kids+in+Garden.png Blog - An Alternate Version of Events - Make it stand out Undated photo of Akiko and some of her children. 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