Hello dear readers and karuta players! Just a few updates:

• I added a new page with charts to learn the kimari-ji for playing Karuta. This is a work in progress so feel free to leave a comment or suggestion for improvement.
• If you noticed the blog appearance changed you are not wrong. For many years I relied on the same old template, but when I overhauled the blog last year I tried a newer, supported template. It was difficult to manage, so I am try out other templates now. I hope you like the new look.
• Finally the blog is now 13 years old, according to WordPress! When I started this as a small side project in 2011 I had no idea how things would turn out. I wasn’t even sure I could finish all 100 poems amidst parenting and work. But here we are. Thank you readers and maybe we’ll make 20 years some day! ☺️

Happy October, everyone!