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Gen-chan just spent two weeks here in Japan with me. She was my first visitor in quite some time, and great company over Golden Week! As I wrote about before, the morning after she got here we hit up an Osaka Evessa game, and spent the evening in Takarazuka, eating Bibimbap and curry rice in Hankyu Sorio, then Takarazuka Onsen (in rented swimsuits ( Read more... ) -
Japan and Basketball and Me
Very infrequently mentioned on this blog is my probably-still-a-bit-surprising-to-friends-back-home basketball hobby. Since getting involved in a fantasy basketball game via Randy about half a year ago, I've since become rather enamoured with the sport. Started a bit of a curious snowball, as now I read NBA blogs, have a ball that I take out to the ( Read more... ) -
In class today:
Tomoko: "Yu-chan's ex-boyfriend is a bug catcher ( Read more... ) -
Tokyo continued: Sleepy in Shinjuku
On Tuesday I discovered how joyful it was to have a city apartment. My town is nice, but going to Osaka City is 30 minutes ride and the most I can access within 2 minutes walk of my apartment is a convenience store. Better yet, a SPACIOUS and CUTE apartment. I could have gotten up, headed to Tokyo Bay and spent the time walking and window-shopping ( Read more... ) -
Tokyo redux: Gunma
Last week, for spring break, I spent a few days in Tokyo and Gunma. I had to go in-person to the Canadian Embassy to to file for passport renewal (thanks to all the cute little regulations with guarantors that prevented me from doing a mail-in application) so I figured I'd make a trip around that, and spend a few days chilling spectacularly in my ( Read more... ) -
Hooray government
I'm in Tokyo getting my passport renewed so I can, you know, legally re-enter Canada. :P What kind of embassy is only open between 9-11 AM, though!? I'll have to come back on Tuesday or Wednesday to get this done ( Read more... ) -
Weird things that happen to me.
[5:05:14 PM] so I'm biking home along the usual path which is a very narrow side road, one-way, with houses and whatnot on one side and a little river/irrigation ditch/creek thing on the other ( Read more... ) -
derailed again...so where am I going next...?
This week I handed in my recontracting papers. That is to say, this August I finish my three-year tenure in Japan and return to Canada ( Read more... ) -
Last days of Kyushu~
Picking up where the last entry left off! The next morning, we dawdled considerably packing up, but eventually got going with the intent of heading to Fukuoka via the highway bus...except the buses were all cancelled due to snow. D: Snow! Yet when we stepped outside it was barely a flurry and there was nothing on the ground. Ah, Japan. We decided ( Read more... ) -
Kyushu Days 3 and 4
Waking up in the ryokan was amazing. We were served a private breakfast in the next room; grilled fish, omelets, a salad, juice, tea, and I don't remember what else...I had a quick dip in the ryokan baths before we packed up and checked out to go see the rest of the Hells. We viewed 4 more of them, and bought questionable spa towels that changed ( Read more... )