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Recap: Mt. Takao Firewalking Festival

By ⋅ March 22, 2010 ⋅ 4 comments

This post is a little late in coming, because I put up the video first and subsequently became lazy about blogging it.  Apologies.  Here’s the written recap of the event. On Sunday, March 14th, 2010, I attended the Takaosan Hiwatari Matsuri, or Mt. Takao Firewalking festival.  This is a festival held at the base of [...]

Recap: Japan Tourist Adventure Part Two: Attack of the Parents (Part 2)

By ⋅ December 18, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Continued from Part 1: These posts are pretty image-heavy, so in the interests of saving your computer a little bit, please click the “Read More” link. (Kyoto) Here we did mostly the same things I did with Gram back in the summer – we visited the Imperial Palace and the Golden Pavilion during one day, [...]

Recap: Japan Tourist Adventure Part Two: Attack of the Parents (Part 1)

By ⋅ December 18, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Since this (and the following) post are very image-heavy, and I don’t want to crash anyone’s computer, please click the “Read More” link below. After the conclusion of my internship, I had one day to recover from the madness before hustling to Narita airport to pick up my parentals.  They were very, very excited to [...]

I’m being spoiled

By ⋅ September 6, 2009 ⋅ 8 comments

I think Tokyo is spoiling me forever.  And so are the people in it.  I don’t know if I can accurately describe just how fantastic my weekend was. I went into it with virtually no plans, but it all worked out for the best. I’m a terrible person for not taking photos of my activities [...]

Update schmupdate

By ⋅ August 25, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

I originally wrote up a behemoth of a post for this next update, but decided it’d be better to keep it short and sweet. I never thought I’d be saying or thinking this, but with every day that passes, I find myself believing more and more that Tokyo could be my permanent home. I’m amazed [...]

Settled In; Time for some fun!

By ⋅ August 9, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

I’ve started my internship here in Tokyo, and I’m having a great time. For those of you who don’t know, I am working with the Run for the Cure Foundation to help plan and execute some events to raise money and awareness for Breast Cancer research. My office is a very international group. I work [...]

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  • NEW POST: Short photo post of the University of Tokyo campus during our Misty Monday yesterday. Check it out here:
    http://t.co/R0TT4ijoBZ
    2013/05/21 14:00
  • I'm at a point in my life where walking down stairs in heels without holding on to a hand rail is all the adrenaline rush I need for a day.
    2013/05/21 12:50
  • There will never be a day that I do not first read アース サポート as "ass support" instead of "earth support".
    2013/05/20 22:20
  • Holy Humidity, Batman.
    2013/05/20 22:05
  • Ate konbu out of politeness. Didn't barf. Monday is a success.
    2013/05/20 12:18

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