Tag: Tokyo

This tag encompasses recent trips as well as posts written in Tokyo while I lived there from 2001 – 2004.

Tokyo – 英会話について。。

英会話について。。。 By tok_matthew September 16th, 2004 @ 12:29 PM UncategorizedAh, the 英会話 (Eikaiwa = English Conversation School). Their bright neon signs decorate buildings from the major centers of Shinjyuku and Ikebukuro to the smallest countryside town. The ubiquitous English language school has served as the entry point into Japan for foreigners innumerable. Sometimes loved, sometimes detested by…… Continue reading Tokyo – 英会話について。。

Tokyo – Gaijin Complex

Gaijin Complex By tok_matthew September 15th, 2004 @ 12:10 PM Uncategorized When I first came to Japan I lived out in Saitama along the Tobu Tojo line somewhere between Shiki and Kawagoe. Out there in the “country” it’s often rare to see an unknown gaijin (since we all taught for Nova) and if you should happen to…… Continue reading Tokyo – Gaijin Complex

Tokyo – First Post in Tokyo Metblogs

By tok_matthewSeptember 13th, 2004 @ 11:56 PM Uncategorized Hello Everyone. Is this the first post in the blog? Anyway, here in Mejiro we finally had our neighborhood festival and I thought I would share a picture which is below. Also, can anyone explain to me why so many otherwise sweet looking young Japanese girls are now sporting…… Continue reading Tokyo – First Post in Tokyo Metblogs

E-mail to Phuong 9.11.2004

Hello Phuong,  I’m preparing to leave Tokyo and I’m getting rid of all my things.  It is a little sad to leave Tokyo but I am getting excited about coming to Vietnam.  I’m sure I will have a better life there.   Of course I don’t want to live in Hanoi, so I won’t accept any…… Continue reading E-mail to Phuong 9.11.2004

Tokyo – Looking in from the Outside

   As time passes our experiences shape our lives and character.  Many are content to follow the current of life and are swept downstream never challenging themselves or trying to change the tide.  They become complacent and live in a world where uncertainty and that which is unfamiliar is quite frightening and thus avoided.  Then there are those…… Continue reading Tokyo – Looking in from the Outside

E-mail to Waseda Classmates 10.16.2003

  皆さん、   ごめん、 何時も 私の宿題は遅らせています。 今、 木曜日、 11:08午後です。 も、 その早稲田ポ-タルまだ使わない。 そいして私の自分のE-mail 書いている。   じゃ、 私の自己紹介   マシュ ともうします。 勿論米人です。 今目白に住でいる。 目白ではたくさんレストランありますだからとても便利です、 でもせごいうるさいです。 趣味はたくさんある。 コンピュ-タ と 言葉の勉強とフイテネスとか大好き。 日本語は1年勉強した。まだあまりできないでも時々勉強している。多分ね、もし、たくさん漫画見って、日本語が上手に成る。   私のテマついて、  日本人と外国人関係です。この題はとても大切だと思う。例えば、 沢山日本人は外国人と話せることがない。 でも東京ではたくさん外国人住んでいる。多分言葉関は一番めい問題です。たぶん私達の社会はとても違です。私の質問は: 1。外国人の友達有りますか？ 2。 英語話せますか。 3。 外国人と話せることありますか。   じゃまだ考えている。もし提案有る、聞きたいよ。 有難う、 マット

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