I’m crushed. It seems that Norika is getting married. And I was (sort of) saving myself for her. Who is Norika? This is Norika: And so is this: Norika was the first Japanese pop star I became familar with after I came to Japan. She was on TV a lot
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How’s my driving?
For at least one Japanese submarine captain, not so good apparently: So I guess this means a promotion is out of the question? This picture was on the front page of the Asahi Shimbun today. Read the story here. Oops! Subscribe in a reader
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For at least one Japanese submarine captain, not so good apparently: So I guess this means a promotion is out of the question? This picture was on the front page of the Asahi Shimbun today. Read the story here. Oops! Subscribe in a reader
Continue readingA promise is a promise…..
First-a news update. Sitting here at my computer desk, quietly drinking beer when all of sudden the TV emits a loud shreik, over and over again. Then the news comes on announcing in Japanese that this was a Tsunami warning and it would follow in English. And it did. over
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Between watching one of the last episodes of West Wing, I also watched the Nippon Ham Fighters KILL the Chunichi Dragons 6-1. The Ham fighters played great and the Dragons pitching staff literally fell apart getting two runners on base by hitting them with the ball. Meanwhile its all even
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Today was good day except for the rain that started on 16. Finished the round with 2 Pars which for me is nothing short of a miracle. Accordingly, I’m not mentally caged to jump into the serious end of the pool tonight. Tomorrow being Monday, maybe I can comment on
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First the bad news………… THERE IS NO TOKYO AUTO SHOW THIS YEAR! Waaahhh! Waaaaah! Who the f**k decided to skip a year? So that means I will not be taking the train to Makahri Messe in 2 weeks so that I can drink beer and eye tech babes. On the
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Princess Kiko did her maternal duty. The new prince from day one of his life will be paid an annual stipend of 3 million yen a year. His sisters also receive the same amount each year, Prince Akishino receives 30.5 million yen, and Princess Kiko gets 15.25 million yen for
Continue readingGen baku no hi………..August 6th, 1945- Hiroshima.
Today is August 6th. The 61’st anniversary of the atomic bomb released on Hiroshima. Gen baku (??) is Japanese for atomic bomb. As you might expect there has been a lot of coverage on the various TV networks including bell ringing at the hour of the attack. The history is
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Out and about town that is. Having gotten our cars all properly registered, we decided to put them to some use this evening. Out to Kura sushi for dinner. ( All plates 105 yen!). After gorging myself on 15 plates ( and thus tying my previous record….), I rolled out
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