the bath

I love baths.  Who invented that shit?  I love that guy, whoever it was.  Where else can you be surrounded by warmth and yummy smells, feel that relaxed and safe and enclosed…without having to pay someone afterward? *Just kidding!!* I’ve been way into baths since being in Japan.  There’s nothing like spending a long day [...]

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the weather

I’m not sure if I’ve written on this already or not, but if I did then..well, that’s just too bad for you, isn’t it? The weather.  I live in western Japan, up in the mountains a bit from Himeji – which means my weather is about DC-like — not too different from my home state, [...]

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“settling in” and other updates

Since arriving in Japan, I’ve been unsure about whether or not to continue with this blog – not that I have that much invested in it, but I would like to have a place to talk specifically about my Japan-experiences.  I am worried because I’ve heard there have been problems with JETs with blogs and [...]

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