The JET Alumnai association has a pretty concise legal page dealing with the rights of foreigners when dealing with issues of identity checks and other […] Read More
Yesterday was day 1 of the 2004 Summer Sonic music festival in Chiba. It was a great line up and is similar to an urban […] Read More
Last week I left the front light on my bicycle, and overnight it went ‘missing’ (OK, it was stolen), so as I spend a fait […] Read More
One of the main topics on TV lately (especially the morning news I watch whilst I get ready for work) has been the heat in […] Read More
Not many people may know, but my first two years in Japan were spent in the prefecture to the southwest of Tokyo, called Kanagawa. I […] Read More
As I mentioned in the much longer post above, this is the happy place you can recover in DisneyLand. I should say though that it […] Read More
This is a weak post. I know it’s a weak post. But I’m going to do it anyway. Today was hot. Hot and humid, and […] Read More
It’s back to the tax treadmill again. June 30th marked the requirement date for the first instalment of this financial year’s local municipal tax (juuminzei). […] Read More
It been a difficult few weeks in Japan, with some very tragic events unfolding. Murders occur all over the world, and to be honest, murders […] Read More