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I went to Tobu and wasn't able to buy the hat I wanted due to no sale on it.  I had a stack of stuff anyway and the salesgirl came up and said something in Japanese and I was like "OK"...so she took my stuff and took it behind the counter and started folding it. I gave up and went and got all the same stuff again and took it into the dressing room ( Read more... )

 Yesterday was my last day of work before Golden Week. I have no plans today, but tomorrow I might be going to Utsunomiya tomorrow to change the car registration. James can go now, but I'm having a hard time reaching yakuza-guy...I mean Tatsuya. I'm hoping James can get a hold of him today so we can all go tomorrow ( Read more... )

Finally I got a key to work!! Now I can mooch internet from there too. Not during business hours of course.

Things I'm proud of myself for:

I can ride my bike well. I can ride it in the rain and directly into strong wind coming off the mountain. I can talk on the phone, carry 4 bags of groceries, and and other purchases. I can ride with one hand, ( Read more... )

I took a long shower this morning and I really needed to and that felt great. That guy came with the car today. Everyone thinks he is yakuza. I'm going to have to go with him to the city to change teh title and registration, but i'm scared to go alone...so it will be a while until i can get someone else to go. Otherwise not a bad day. I got sick of ( Read more... )

Went to Tokyo for the first time for the G**S International Festival. The train ride was long (JR, not shinkansen) but finally I arrived in the company of my coworker Scott, who was going to be teaching at the festival, and Yuki, his student. (We were joined by his girlfriend Satomi at the festival.) The buildings are huger and more amazing than ( Read more... )

Bret’s birthday! Happy b-day even though this isn’t going to get posted anytime even close to the right day. I can’t call either. L No calling card yet.

Today I went to ohanami (cherry blossom viewing) twice - once in a park in Nishinasuno with Scott and Shoko, my coworkers, and again at night in Kuroiso (2 stops away by local train), with James, a ( Read more... )

 
Dan and James went to Utsunomiya and didn’t invite me, it rained, but I got lessons planned. I went to shopping though and got 100 yen stuff for the house. Not much of note today.

Went to Tochigi City, a good 2 hr drive away, to see Cherry blossoms. Dan acted weird and wouldn’t sit next to me in the car or talk to me. My feelings were kind of hurt; I thought we were friends, what’s up with that? 
The drive was so worth it. We arrived at a temple at the base of a mountain covered in blooming cherry trees. It was breathtaking.


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