In Japan, having a hanami, or flower viewing party is very popular around springtime, especially for the brief time that the sakura flowers blossom. I tagged along to one that the other ALTs were having today. I was somehow a couple hours late, but I still had time to take a few pictures before everything …
I didn`t get any of my pictures from winter vacation posted yet, so I am going to go back and try to get at least some of them up. Starting with the doll photos from before I even left Japan! On Dec. 16th I went to a big event called a Doll Party (I`ve been …
Living in Fukushima Prefecture, I have found that when I tell someone that that`s where I live, I get a response along the lines of “But isn`t Japan radioactive?” Mostly from foreigners, but occasionally from Japanese people, if I meet them outside the prefecture, there`s the misconception, “Isn`t Fukushima radioactive?” In a quick answer: Fukushima …
So last Sunday, a bunch of the English speakers in the area (mostly ALTs) got together for a barbecue. The park that was picked was an hour south…and to get there, you had to drive through the exclusion zone. You`re allowed to drive through the exclusion zone at this point, but there are signs at …
So… to start, the middle of last week, I realized that the rescue doll I rescued needed new s-hooks because the ones she came with were rusting. I tried to order them online, but the website told me something about how my phone number and membership number (for Volks) didn’t match. That being the case, …
