Esteban and I saw each other on the train to Kanayama today and then rode the subway together. On the subway this herd of elemtary school kids that looked about…
March 6, 2014
Rilakkuma stickers and Coffee Hour part II
This morning was super taihen (I love that word so much. I use it all the time when I’m speaking and thinking in English because there are so many English…
March 5, 2014
Fat Tuesday
Interesting fact: last night at dinner when we were talking about the fact that I was watching Mononoke Hime, Yuko was asking me about other Ghibli movies and if I’d…
March 4, 2014
Hinamatsuri (and mimi no hi)!
It was a beautiful day today! But it was windy so chouto (a little) chilly :/ (Ichinomiya station this morning) (Japanese (baseball?) team practicing on the field) We had our…
March 3, 2014
Misokatsu and more with Mami!
Yuko made a really good breakfast this morning with potatoes, ham, and lettuce. It tasted really good but was super greasy :S I found out Ken actually didn’t come home…
March 2, 2014
Lunch at Atsuko’s house!!
Whoo, it’s the first day of March!! You know what that means, everyone? The penis festival is in 14 days!! I found out the Naked Man festival already happened. 🙁…
March 1, 2014
Friday festivals with taiyaki!!
Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh I’M GOING TO THE HOME MADE KAZOKU CONCERT AND I’M GONNA SEE THEM PERFORM LIVE AHHHHHHH!!!!!!! So last Friday at the nomihoudai I asked Yuri if she knew Home…
February 28, 2014
Koukannikki
Last night I went to bed early because I had a headache. I think I was dehydrated because free, clean water is so hard to find in this country! Plus…