I've been waiting for some ounce of inspiration- something deep and poetic to write about as my last blog to cap off 2 years of writing here ( Read more... )

"Well... this is it ( Read more... )

Here's the reason for my previous post ( Read more... )

There is a restaurant tucked among the trees of the pine forest that braces the town against the sea ( Read more... )

Well ( Read more... )

Recent movie to make the list of movies NEVER to watch in a theater of Japanese people ( Read more... )

The musical is over! Hip hip huzzah ( Read more... )

When I was maybe 8 or 9, I remember puting on my mother's summer bathrobe and admiring myself in my parent's bedroom mirror, congratulating myself on how very oriental I looked in my newfound kimono ( Read more... )

A few days ago, it was decided that they would change the JET who was coming to take over my position. The new application arrived, and the new JET looks great. She is just like me- an art major with an interest in education and language. She’s from Florida, and she speaks Japanese just fine having lived in Hiroshima for a year working for NOVA ( Read more... )