Maids in a second. Don’t get too excited.
First, in the last couple of days, the number 25,000 has become a bit significant. Firstly, I reached the halfway point of my NaNoWriMo novel, which is 25,000 words. I reached it on time on budget. Somewhat less happily, I dropped my camera this morning from shoulder height [...]
Today I went to pick up the extension to my visa at the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau. Visiting the Bureau is a highly unpleasant experience and an example of Japanese bureaucracy at its most inefficient. On my first visit, I had to wait nearly four hours to be served. This time was a little better, [...]
Do not cue the violins. This is not to be a homesick bitch fest — but thanks to the strange weather outside, or the fact I’m reaching the four-month mark of my stay in Japan, or my somewhat disappointing Suntory beer, I am in a bit of a reflective mood. So what is this? Don’t [...]
I may have been dreaming, but actually I’m pretty sure it happened. For designing Daiba, someone let the psycho architects out of the sanatorium and said “hell, if we are living in an earthquake prone zone, Takashi old boy, and the building’s going to come down anyway, we may as well design buildings that are [...]
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When Sally Freeman was down for Golden Week, I came to understand that there were in fact some privileges to living in Tokyo that I was taking for granted. For instance, food of a non-Japanese nature. Now, don’t get me wrong, I like Japanese food. But there [...]
