Archive for December, 2009

Basketball courts around Tokyo

Monday, December 7th, 2009

So far I’ve discovered 4 basketball courts in the metro-Tokyo area. Finding basketball courts has not been an easy task… I plan on making this an extensive list by updating it whenever I find more, but here are the few I know of so far:
1) In Shinjuku in the area known as kabuki town, […]

Eigo no hito de

Friday, December 4th, 2009

Just an interesting note from last weekend. On Sunday Ayako and I went to Ikea in Chiba (next to Tokyo), then to Nitori (a Japanese furniture store) to scout out some furniture for our apartment. While we were passing through the section that had desks a little girl was sitting there staring at […]

Next stop Osaka, then on to Nara!

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

After viewing Himeji castle we made a quick stop in Osaka to view the Osaka castle.

If you have limited time in Japan, I’d suggest skipping this one. Although the outside of the castle looks impressive, everything starts going downhill as soon as you approach the main doors and realize they are the automatic sliding […]

My bookcase laughs at me

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

This was a spur of the moment post, if there was ever one on this site (besides that post that I wrote about the Japan banking system).
I had an urge to review a paragraph in a book I own and reached for it only to remember that it is not here in Japan with me. […]