Tokyo Stories


Thoughts on Japan - Day 1

“When I come to a new country, its smell is the first thing I notice. Eastern Europe smells to me of bread and homemade food, Western Europe smells of perfume, Russia smells of sweat, Canada smells of new materials, the Caribbean smells of tropics and moldy carpets. Tokyo had a musky, flowery smell of a hot country fighting its heat and age. It [i]tr...


Japan - Week Twenty Six.

Wow, I just got back from Japan and what a country. This is one of those places that I've wanted to visit all my life. Japanese Architecture has been a great inspiration for me over the years and it was about time I paid my dues to the country. My best bud Keith came and met me in Tokyo for what would be an eleven day vacation around Asia. This ...


Sakura & Shopping

Another school year has started at Futabadai Junior High School...I can't believe I'm starting my 3rd year here!!! Just crazy- I never thought I'd be in Japan this long. But I love, love, love my school!!! All of the students are wonderful this year (well, OK there are exceptions, but there isn't a whole year of crappy students) and the teachers are all...


New Year's Eve Part 1

Sorry for the delay in getting this update out, but I've been sick for the past 10 days and have had no energy to do any postings. It's just a bad cold but the combination of the cold temps and no real over the counter medicine has prolonged this thing. But I'm slowly getting better. I've started back at school on the 7th and my lovely fellow teachers h...