Japan – 日本 – Page 19

E-mail to Mutsumi 4.19.2003

Hi! Yea, you can call me too if you ever get bored. But I must warn you, I’m really bad at making plans and usually I call only about an hour before to see if someone wants to go out that night. I hate making plans too far in advance especially if it’s just going…… Continue reading E-mail to Mutsumi 4.19.2003

Waseda Karate Club E-mails 4.8.2003

Honda – Senpei, Again, I’m sorry that I didn’t understand that we were supposed to come to practice during the Spring break. I cannot understand Japanese well yet and I thought Karate practice was finished until the next semester except for a few “special sessions. So I worked fulltime and as you know will return…… Continue reading Waseda Karate Club E-mails 4.8.2003

E-mail to Dad 3.31.2003

Good Morning Dad! I have some good news that I wanted to share. Do you ever find that you suddenly make a discovery about something and everything becomes clear? Well this has just happened with Kanji (the Crazy Japanese symbols). It also amazes me and convinces me of the fact that the people I think…… Continue reading E-mail to Dad 3.31.2003

Madama Butterfly

Fortunate enough to see Madama Butterfly in Tokyo.

Journal Entry – 12.21.2001

I’ve been in Japan for three months now and I’m on my way back to the United States. I’m going home for Christmas and am pretty happy. Life in Japan has been fine, and time has flown by. My first month was kind of weird especially in the beginning. I remember how I…… Continue reading Journal Entry – 12.21.2001

Arrival in Japan

It is now 4:43 in the morning and I am sitting in my new room jet lagged as hell. I spent all day yesterday traveling to get here. I left home at 9am and did not arrive in Japan until 3 am. Then I didn’t get to the apartment until about 6am Ohio time. My…… Continue reading Arrival in Japan