Hey, I'm in Japan! I'm at Warren's house right now in 佐賀県(Saga ken) in 九州(Kyuushuu) but I was in Tokyo for 5 days (Dec 28th to Jan 2nd). Tokyo was great, I went to see a number of shrines at 代々木(Yoyogi), Togennuki, and Asakusa. I also went to Akihabara, Harajuku, 新宿(Shinjuku). But I spent the most about of time in 池袋(Ikebukuro). That's where the hotel was and where I ate most of the time. I m[...]

I've been talking to Warren about a trip to Japan again and it seems to be settling around the same time as it did 2 years ago, after Christmas into January. Unfortunately that's a pretty expensive time to travel to Japan. I can handle it it just means there is a few hundred dollars more in travel costs. This time I'm also planning to do a stop in the Tokyo area for a few days. Mostly just t[...]

Warren, my good bud from college should be in the States by now (he lives in Japan). I kinda wanted to throw a party at my place but I don't know enough about his schedule while he's here to really do that. I tried hard to get it out of him but I couldn't. Ah well. He should call me sometime before he goes back so we can hang out. It'll be cool to hang out with him since we haven't seen eacho[...]

A few weeks ago I talked to my friend Warren about another trip to Japan. We talked about the August time frame but that might end up being not so great for me. The intern is here until the middle of the month and the August and maybe into September will be the tail end of a project that I'll be working on. Hopefully, I can work until the intern leaves and then take off the last couple weeks [...]