BYO Barbie
2006-02-28, Kushiro, Japan. By: vorn

Have heard a couple of stories about difficulties Japanese people have had with Australian slang. Very funny for me to hear about the shoe being on the other foot. This Japanese guy was working in ...

Rites Of Passage
2005-12-17, Kushiro, Japan. By: vorn

And so it was, last year, in the company of a heap of japanese kids, wearing what seemed like a smelly old set of grandpa pyjamas I passed into middle age with a succession of rambunctiously vociferat...

See It While Its There
2005-11-24, Kushiro, Japan. By: vorn

Saw this in an old issue of Colors Magazine. Its suggests we go and see the world before it becomes "One large version of anyplace!" "See the world while it lasts. Technology is infectious. Every...

Banana Love Baggins
2005-08-03, Kushiro, Japan. By: vorn

hey people hisashiburi ne. well work is going fine, has been nearly 5 months now which has gone pretty quick have seen a few festivals recently as it is the season; plenty of colour, noise and ...

No ANZAC Day In Japan.
2005-04-25, Kushiro, Japan. By: vorn

Gallipoli is a special place. If you have been there, you know. If you haven’t been, go. I wasn’t there for ANZAC day this year, I wasn’t there for ANZAC day last year; I was there on a quiet Octob...

Octopus Karaoke
2005-03-28, Kushiro, Japan. By: vorn

hey ppl just when i thought it was warming up it snowed again. so when i wanted to go shopping it took me 10 minutes to remove the drifting iceberg which had settled on my car. shopping always fun ...

Sugar Coated Earthquakes
2005-03-15, Kushiro, Japan. By: vorn

please note all observations are my own personal observations from my unique place 5"11' off the ground. they do not reflect japan as a whole or even kushiro from a more elevated or vertically challen...