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Turned out nice again

how sweet that sounds…

Hiya from Japan!

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Human tape recorder - That’s me on Thursdays: two crap Japanese English teachers who suck and just ask me to read to the class. As long as I get paid though, I’ll leave my brain at the front door any day of the week…!
Trains - As efficient as ever, but not [...]

Just joined asoboo. I wonder what lies ahead…

I had arranged to meet James and Leigh for a drink in Shinjuku. I think it was the boys’ tongue-in-cheek way of saying “welcome back”: invite him out for a drink but make sure he has to go through Ikebukuro and Shinjuku before he gets it.
Ikebukuro train station, the second busiest train station [...]

We had our first onsen (zero carbon foot-print, volcanically powered, super-duper, all singing, all dancing, hot spring) of the New Year yesterday. We must have been in those volcanically heated juices for well over an hour and Ifan loved every second of it. I’m told that Mika and Meu loved the experience too, but, [...]

We’re back, safe and sound, and loving it!
Driving from Narita to Miho’s sister’s house was weird. We went through Tokyo.
Past Ginza: I used to work there and met Leysh there too, when he was teaching Charlotte Church on her grand tour of the world, courtesy of Sony Corporation. Sony Corp supplies lovely cake [...]

Tickets booked: leaving UK on 9 Jan, arriving Japan on 10 Jan!
Will hopefully be back in the UK for one month in August…
Can’t wait to get on with life in Japan again!!

Met Takumasa Ono today at the bazaar in Japanese school.  I fancy that he should paint the view from St Mary Hill for me one day.  I wonder if he does sunsets…!?  I do believe his website could do with some TLC though…