I'm still working on this layout, but I was pretty sick of the old one. Times are changing, and I figured so should the look of my blog...
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The Santa Experience
You'll never guess who was Santa at our work Christmas parties. The problems began when I was changing into my Santa outfit. It was at ...
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History And Insanity
It's been a pretty crazy last few weeks, and only now have I been able to sit back, unwind, and try to work out what the hell just happe...
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Kanazawa!
Kanazawa is one of the most famous cities in Japan, and now I understand why. Some people call it "little Kyoto" because it's...
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Binzuru + Mt Fuji
About a month ago, Nagano celebrated its annual Binzuru Festival (the summer parade equivalent of Morioka's Sansa Odori Festival ). It...
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Togakushi 2 + Fuji Rock
On Michie's birthday, her and I went to Togakushi. This is the place I went to with Phil and Kym in my first week in Japan. 4 months l...
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My Students!!!
At last, you get to see some of my students! (And, more to the point, I get to brag about them.) Last Sunday we had a work event - a bus h...
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DisneySea
The day after I went hiking, I went to DisneySea (Disneyland's watery nextdoor neighbour counterpart) with Trevor, Reiko and Phil. Not ...
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Hiking in the Highlands
No rest for the wicked, right? On Sunday I went hiking at Kitigamine Highlands (north of Matsumoto) with a bunch of people from work and K...
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I went to Kitakami
And I was only there for about 19 hours. (So it was a good thing I barely slept.) My mate Trevor, who is currently in Japan, and I went up ...
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Some Notes
Thanks to everyone who's been keeping up with the blog! I haven't been able to post as much recently as I would've liked, as I...
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Week 4: The Torch Relay
The Olympic Torch Relay was by far one of the most exciting experiences I’ve had here so far. As soon as I stepped out of my apartment earl...
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Week 3: Hanami
“Hanami” translates to “flower viewing”; the cherry blossoms were at full bloom, so I went to a hanami party with colleagues and a bunch of ...
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Week 2
It’s been a while since my last post – work has been a bit of a maelstrom; I was in Tokyo all last weekend for training, and as of this week...
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Week 1
…And suddenly there I was, in a country completely foreign to me, surrounded by people whose language I didn’t understand. That was really...
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Hello from Nagano!
Hey everyone! Now that I've finally got my laptop after a 6-week wait (I named it Lightning), as well as internet, I figured it's h...
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