To start off 2009, I headed back to Yodo from Lorna’s apartment. It was a cold and quiet morning in Japan. I could tell it was the new year because the ads on the train had changed. The first advertisement of 2009 was for a shopping center who had chosen to display their wares with [...]
Catching up on the Journal, the main events from the end of 2008: December 26th – The Crazy Crab Party The day after Christmas was more lively than the day before by a long shot. Hisa and Isamu threw a party for their friends to consume massive amounts of Japanese crab. A total [...]
Christmas Day in Japan. If Christmas Eve had been a non-event, the day itself was almost as if all of Japan had made conscious effort to ignore the holiday. A business as usual day of cold weather and hanging around the house. The biggest difference was that the Internet had gone completely silent as the [...]