Lost among the Onsen
2008-03-09, Nakatsu, Japan. By: Marcus

let me tell you a tale of my adventures in Beppu. having risen, had a bight to eat and caught the train, i found myself in Beppu, City of Onsen. it was a little hard to choose where to go, as ...

I`m back, baby!
2008-03-09, Nakatsu, Japan. By: Marcus

well, i`m back in Nakatsu, after a year and a bit away. i`ll get to the details on my return later in this posting, but first a little about my morning. i decided that, as i hadn`t really seen much ...

Final Days
2006-10-23, Nakatsu, Japan. By: Marcus

Well, it seems that my time in Japan is drawing to a close. i've been here for a year (exactly a year, in fact, as i'm flying out on the same date i flew IN), and it's time to return home. i've had ...

A curious thing.
2006-10-13, Nakatsu, Japan. By: Marcus

as we speak (or rather, as i type), i'm experiencing an aspect of Japan that has befuddled me for as long as i have been here. there seems to be an attitude here that states that, should one need a...

An Account of my Experiences at Nakatsu Gion
2006-08-03, Nakatsu, Japan. By: Marcus

Greetings once again, loyal readers! Last sunday, i donned Yukata, reef sandals (my feet apparently being too behemoth-like for any geta-maker in Kyushu to cover) and strolled down the main street ...

Parental visit. Yay!
2006-07-16, Nakatsu, Japan. By: Marcus

Greetings once again, fearless readers! i write this having just finished my first real holiday since arriving here. my parents, deeming a period of eight months far too long to have to go without ...

some important news
2006-06-09, Nakatsu, Japan. By: Marcus

greetings once again, my much-appreciated readers! apologies abound for my long absence. my reason for it is thus: i dislike the trend online for merely posting for the sake of posting. as such, i ha...

Mountain strolling
2006-03-20, Nakatsu, Japan. By: Marcus

Hello once again, my fellow sapients. it's been some time since i posted here. in my defense, my working timetable has been shifted, shunted and spindled more than a bit over the past few weeks due t...

In Praise of Ramen
2006-02-14, Nakatsu, Japan. By: Marcus

Greetings once again, faithful readers! i write today in a thankful mood. why, you might ask? i shall tell you. i write this just having returned from what may be the greatest dining experience in a...

An Onsen. At last!
2006-01-24, Nakatsu, Japan. By: Marcus

Greetings once again, my friends. thrill as i tell you of the completing of yet another of my Goals for Japan. i had heard of the existance of an onsen on the slopes of Mt. Hachimen, but had no real...

A Day to be Remembered
2006-01-22, Nakatsu, Japan. By: Marcus

Fear not by my long time between postings that i have abandoned you, my faithful readers. it's simply that i have decided to post here only when i have something of interest worth posting. sadly, apar...

New years
2005-12-31, Nakatsu, Japan. By: Marcus

Greetings once more in my last post... for 2005. i thought i'd present the details of my acivities on New Years Eve and today. i'm actually writing this on January first, but apparently this site do...

christmas musings
2005-12-25, Nakatsu, Japan. By: Marcus

well, it's christmas here in Nakatsu (and in many other places, i imagine), and i've just arrived back from the Tropicoco Christmas Fiesta, so i thought i'd jot down a few things about that. first...

Boy, what a christmas party!
2005-12-15, Nakatsu, Japan. By: Marcus

Greetings once again, my loyal readers! today, thrill as i recount the tale of the staff christmas party. it was being planned earlier this week to visit a local bar/eatery to celebrate the coming ...

More snow and other matters of interest
2005-12-06, Nakatsu, Japan. By: Marcus

Once again, the mountains to the south are hidden from view. this time, however, they are hidden not by atmospheric pollution but by snow clouds. as i've mentioned before, as an aussie i;m not overly ...

SNOW!
2005-12-06, Nakatsu, Japan. By: Marcus

Greetings once again, all my regular readers. sorry i've not posted for a while. stuff's been going on and i've not been able to find the time. that, and when i tried to log in here yesterday i was in...

"Pop quiz, Hotshot..." OR Japanese Buses
2005-11-23, Nakatsu, Japan. By: Marcus

Greetings once more from the fevered recesses of my mind here in Nakatsu. i should like to preface this next journak entry with some background. i had to journey to the other office of the company ...

Birthday Update
2005-11-14, Nakatsu, Japan. By: Marcus

after work yesterday, it being my twenty-fourth birthday, i thought i'd head down to the Tropicoco to celebrate. in one of the most touching actions i've seen yet, the ladies working in reception had ...

Likes and Loathes
2005-11-09, Nakatsu, Japan. By: Marcus

i thought in the interest of humour to put some intentionally funny stuff up here. the following is stuff i tried to post here before that was lost to the ether through connection problems. so here i ...

Musings on the stars.
2005-11-07, Nakatsu, Japan. By: Marcus

i've talked in previous entries about my slight-to-moderate homesickness. the differences and the similarities that prompt this annoying melancholy were sometimes suprising to me. however, one thing i...

weather
2005-11-05, Nakatsu, Japan. By: Marcus

My father asked for a short weather report for Nakatsu. so: Humid and cool, with heavy cloud cover and a wind from the south. intermittant rain. about 20 degrees celcius.

"It's my first day"
2005-11-05, Nakatsu, Japan. By: Marcus

well, i said i'd post again when i experienced something worth typing about. i'd say my first dayat the job i travelled across the globe to do would count, wouldn't you? of course you would. that s...

Bloody site lost my entry!
2005-11-04, Nakatsu, Japan. By: Marcus

ok, i had written a cool synopsis of my four days away from internet access while on teacher training, but apparently i got logged out for not doing anything for too long. thus, because i'm sorta ...

Gaijin party hard!
2005-10-30, Nakatsu, Japan. By: Marcus

i've been here in Nakatsu for about five days now, and thus have not had much time to get to know my fellow gaijin. HOWEVER, i was invited out to a halloween party at the Tropicoco, the local gaij...

Things are shaping up
2005-10-28, Nakatsu, Japan. By: Marcus

well, i've been feeling a bit down for the past few days. nothing too serious, just a slight feeling of "what the hell have i done, going to the other side of the planet?" but it's fading a bit now. p...

Finally in Nakatsu.
2005-10-27, Nakatsu, Japan. By: Marcus

well, after about eighteen hours of flying and about ten more of negotiating the Japanese rail service, i am here in my shared apartment. i was fortinate enough to have been given the Japanese-style t...