UJI-turn

I came across a couple of interesting new words for me at work yesterday.U-turn, J-turn…

Kashiwazaki earthquake

Just a few more image of the earthquake aftermath in Kashiwazaki, Niigata. I believe that…

Tsuyu

Sanjo region has entered the “Tsuyu” season. The rainy season before mid-summer. Also known as…

Pepsi Ice Cucumber

Well, on June 12th (Tues) a weird product was found on the shelves of Japanese…

blahs….

Well, as you can see my blog comes in spurts. To the untrained mind, my…

Xmas Eve in Japan

As one could probably imagine, Christmas in Japan is not an event which is followed…

Planing weekend

A while back, I had the opportunity to work as an interpreter for the biannual…

August – October

Argh, have been busy the last couple of months, so instead of a long and…