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So 100 days have passed since I left the States.
In fact, my first 100 days in Japan occurred in parallel with Barack Obama’s first 100 days as President of the United States. I still remember the early morning wait in the airport lounge, sitting there in that anxious silence waiting to start […]

So it dawned on me today concerning one of the major differences in Japan that I have not yet blogged about (as far as i know).
Smoking here in Japan is much more accepted in public places than in the States. Most every restaurant has a smoking section, and in many restaurants their […]

Our apartment is getting filled with boxes. Those that are full, and those that are still flat and in stacks by the door. I counted up the number of times Ive moved (that I can remember) since 2000 and it totaled 10 times. Here goes number 11.
I suppose 11 times in 9 […]

So next week Monday to Wednesday + this Wednesday are all part of a series of holidays in Japan known as Golden Week.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Week_(Japan)
These holidays include a past emperor’s birthday, a couple nature loving days, the constitutional memorial day, and children’s day! Unlike in the States where we only have Father’s and Mother’s day (and […]

Last weekend Ayako and I went to the park to enjoy the sunshine. I only took a picture of the food ha

The 7/11 is now selling one of my favorite sushi rolls again, well almost. This one is very close to to my favorite - except it doesn’t have any tuna.

New apartments next […]

So with 23 minutes left for “mokuyoubi” (Thursday), I’m going to quickly give a weekend forecast, well - not really. Instead let me just jot down the things I plan on doing:
kinyoubi - work, work, and a little work after that (hey, I enjoy what I do!). oh, and cant forget Picture Post Kinyoubi […]

So 2 days ago would have been my return flight to the US. I’ve now spent the single longest consecutive amount of time in Japan in my many trips here. 92 days.
To mark this occasion I did what every foreigner must do, I went to the city office to update my foreign registration […]

Ok, so I’ve gotten into a habit of posting at different times this week. A bad habit in my opinion, I’ll reverse this trend starting tonight.
Yesterday was a normal day, work, lunch from the QQ, and a few earthquakes thrown in there. Except for the rain, it was a pretty upbeat day.
As for […]

I’ve been told that you can’t feel earthquakes that are a 1 on the intensity scale. Yet it has come to my attention that many of the earthquakes that I have felt here have been 1’s. I guess I’m pretty sensitive to the small quakes since my stay here has been short. […]

Ok time for a quick picture post. One quick note, I did go to the immigration office today and got my official long-term stay visa. It is a 1-year visa to stay here in Japan, next up I have to apply for re-entry permit to see if they will let me leave now […]