Category Archives: JCMU
Final Weekend – Hikone: Will Heather Find a Job That Won’t Interfere With a Tan?
Welcome to The Lost Chronicles, a series of posts I forgot to update previously thought to be lost forever. Here we explore my previous journeys through the land of the rising sun. The first entry was written after my graduation from JCMU, but was never posted because of no Wi-Fi ninjas. Hajimemashou. For my final […]
Wk 7 – Nagoya Pt. 2: Licking Doorknobs is Illegal on Other Planets
Fun fact: Long ago, sumo was an important ritual at the imperial court. Representatives of each province were ordered to attend the contest at the court and fight. They were required to pay for their travels themselves. The contest was known as sumai no sechie, or “sumai party.” This week I’d like to apologize to […]
Wk 6 – Kanazawa: Keep in Touchy
Fun fact: Umi no Hi (Marine/Ocean/Sea Day) is a Japanese holiday where people give thanks to the sea and everything it has provided them. It’s a lot like Labor Day in that everybody gets of work/school, but nobody really gives a crap about it otherwise. I’ve realized that since I’m in Japan, and it’s near […]
Mini-post: Photo update
I finally received some pictures from my trip to the elementary school, so I uploaded them. You can view them in the normal Pictures tab or under “Elementary School“. I also realized that I had not created a separate tab for the Gifu pictures, so that has been added as well. The pictures were there […]
Wk 5 – Gifu: “They call me Plays-with-Squirrels”
Fun fact: Even Asians can’t always tell each other apart. According to a website that shows people of various Asian backgrounds and asks the user to distinguish between Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, the average score was a mere 7 out of 18. So don’t worry, you’re not racist (well, you might be, but not because […]
Weekend 2 – Kyoto
This week I’m going to apologize to photographers. I have minimal knowledge of how my camera works, and maximum apathy for the rule of thirds and all that. Any following of such rules is merely instinct or coincidence. Also, for a while my camera was on a weir setting where it would include more than […]
First week
I’m going to apologize to OCD people for my lack of verb tense agreement. I’m writing different things at different times, and also I don’t care. If you wonder why I use so many parentheses, it’s just because that’s how my brain works and makes it easier for you to keep track of important stuff. […]