So, while we were in Tokyo we went with some friends to the Tokyo Comic Market, or as it is so lovingly called “Comiket” （コミケット）.
Comic
Happy New Year! (In Tokyo)
In Tokyo again for the Holiday season, but this year we heard that Shibuya was going to have an American Style New Years Celebration, so we went to check it out.
Needless to say, it was packed: Continue reading
The Kobe Beef Experience
A couple of months ago I went to Kobe. Besides the being the city that had revived that magical feeling of being in Japan, they have the best burgers I’ve had in Japan.
Cold of the North Star
With the temperature drop, came cold season. At the university, I’m talking to 20-40 students a day, so you can imagine my odds of catching a cold increasing.
I’ve already been sick twice :-/.
Until next time, STAY AWESOME!
P.S.: “Fist of the North Star” reference for the uninitiated.
Insert Clever GoT Pun Here
It’s well into Fall, and the vending machines have switched from all cool drinks (つめたい| tsumetai) to warm drinks (あたたかい|atatakai).
I lament my energy drink, but on the bright side I get hot coffee.
Until next time, STAY AWESOME!
Fresh Air
We live in community with a lot of farms and gardens, so passing by on some mornings are less fresh than others.
Still might be better than Tokyo’s occasional terrible smells.
Until next time, STAY AWESOME!
-R
Typhoon Snacks
There was a typhoon over last weekend, which is like a watered down Hurricane. Continue reading
Good Luck?
Sometimes things that are lost in translation are really funny.
“Break a leg” vs. “Break your leg”.
Until next time, STAY AWESOME!
-R
2017 Shan Shan Matsuri
What do you know about dancing with umbrellas?
Not as much as Tottori City in Tottori-ken, Japan. The Shan Shan Matsuri (鳥取しゃんしゃん祭) is Tottori’s biggest festival. Every year during Obon week, around 4,000 people line the streets dressed in summer festival clothes (usually Happi or Kimono) and do Kasa-odori, choreographed dances with umbrellas… for 3 hours! Continue reading
Always Make Change
If you’ve ever been to Japan then you’ve noticed how many vending machines there are all over the place. And Tommy Lee Jones, keeping an eye on you. 
Until next time, STAY AWESOME!
-R
Tottori Awesome 