Golden week in Japan is especially long this year because of the change in eras. On April 30, 2019, Emperor Akihito stepped down, the first emperor to do so in around 200 years. His son, (now Emperor) Naruhito stepped up on May 1, 2019. Because of that, and because golden week has holidays anyway, this […]
In Japan, having a hanami, or flower viewing party is very popular around springtime, especially for the brief time that the sakura flowers blossom. I tagged along to one that the other ALTs were having today. I was somehow a couple hours late, but I still had time to take a few pictures before everything
So, my current job is ending in July. That doesn’t leave me too much time to figure out what’s next. After today, at least, I have a clearer idea. The Jet Program holds a conference in Tokyo for any Jet participants who are leaving that year. so three of us from up in Fukushima drove
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It was two years ago now that I decided to try this thing called the debt snowball for paying back loans. The main idea for that is that you ignore interest rates and pay back the smallest loan first. From there, rather than keeping the money you`d been paying to the smallest loan once it`s
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I like to read. I always have, I think. And I read a lot…one of the things I like to read is graphic novels, or manga. I tend to read them on my kindle (used to be tablet, but that died over a year ago), and when I find a good line, I screenshot it.
So starting with technology…nothing new there, that it hates me. The day before yesterday, my phone stopped connecting to wifi for some reason. Then I forgot to plug it in and it died. When it was charged again, it still wouldn`t connect to wifi, was telling me that it had forgotten my wifi password but
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I didn`t get any of my pictures from winter vacation posted yet, so I am going to go back and try to get at least some of them up. Starting with the doll photos from before I even left Japan! On Dec. 16th I went to a big event called a Doll Party (I`ve been
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I just realized how bad I`ve been about keeping up a blog. ^^;; Well, I never did say it was my strong point. I have the bad habit of writing entries in my head then forgetting to actually put them down… Anyway, I wanted to share a few more pictures from my day trip yesterday,
I`ve once again realized just how bad I am at this blogging thing. One reason is that I think about what I`m going to write, plan it word-by-word in my head…and then forget to write it! By the time I could sit down and do so, it`s not very timely anymore, so I tend not
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‘Dolpa` is what the company Volks calls their doll`s parties. I went to one yesterday up in Sendai…and it was the first one they`d had in Sendai since the earthquake and tsunami 7 years ago. I spent way too much money, of course (though than I thought I would). I was super tempted by one
