Okay, so its been way too long since I’ve written last. It’s just that personal time has nearly disappeared beneath me!
Hrm, since the 7th…. I’ve finished cleaning the bloody place. All garbage is gone, all disabled furniture taken away, all spiders killed.
I traded English conversation for a great dinner with one of the younger teachers at the school. He’s been doing kendo for at least 15 years and in high school he placed highly in the nation. It’s amazing, and he’s taken me under his wing as I embraced Fukushima-sensei’s invitation to study iaido. Do some google work, I’ll save your eyes and my fingers.
For the weekend of Sep 11, I was in Tokyo. Aroop and I went to Shibuya (the ‘burrow’ of Tokyo where Lost in Translation was filimed - with the animated building) for a long night out. We ate amazing Thai food, went to a jazz crossover club, slept an hour at an internet cafe, then got breakfast at a Dutch bakery, went to the Bunkamura museum to see some Guggenheim works on tour, and finished with a 3 course meal at the French restaurant attached to the museum. Amazing food for so cheap. Much cheaper than a NY museum meat. I also got to ride on the bullet train, which was pretty fun.
More later, I’m in a boat race for a Yaizu festival.