Roadtrip 365: Life in Japan

My nephew came by and stayed with us for two nights on his way to moving into the dorm at his boarding school. We went for dessert after din...

For about 6 months, I used to live with the "N" family in Salt Lake City. I was totally stressed out with all sorts of stuff at th...

Sometimes(actually, more like MANY times), you stop and scratch your head over what in the world people were thinking when they gave their b...

You know, I noticed something very very peculiar about sports clubs here. Everyone works out in silence. No one seems to talk to each other ...

I have a friend who's in love with the Doraemon character and used to collect anything that was Doraemon. Although I realize that by now...

Strawberries in Japan are to die for! They're not tart and "crunchy" like the ones in the States. Here, they basically just me...

I think this is the first time I went to a museum in Japan. Actually, that's not quite true, I'm sure I must have gone on field trip...

I haven't done much cooking lately, but last x-mas, I suddenly decided that it'd be fun to make cookies for all the students at the ...

Whoa! They wrap tomatoes and put them on styrofoam trays over here! I know this shouldn't surprise me since I've already been shocke...

I ate a small cup of instant udon noodles the other day and was surprised to find small fish cakes(?) in the shape of flowers in the soup! I...

Cakes in Japan are SO fancy and cute. They're so delicately made that I almost think they're meant to look at and not for eating. Th...

I haven't updated my blog in such a long time! My digital camera is having a fit these days, so I need to take it apart and try to fix i...

Slippers. If you ever visit a home in Japan, they always offer them to you the moment you enter their home. I get this sense that people act...

Today, it said on the news that a tsunami would hit the pacific ocean side of Japan due to a 8.1 magnitute somewhere. Then later on, it was ...

I went into a high-end department store the other day to use the bathroom and saw a sign that said "shower bathroom." I felt anxio...

Why don't they have street signs in Japan? I look to my left, my right and I see...skyscrapers, skyscrapers, and MORE skyscrapers. BUT n...

My classmate from Jr. High was suddenly in town, so we decided to go hiking. It was my second time at this place, my friend's first, an...

Thursday's Halloween Party. Friday's Halloween Party. We had our annual halloween party again this year. We always start off with se...

I saw the strangest thing today. I was about to drive out of the condo's parking lot, but I saw an old couple with a carriage walking pa...

Watched another movie last night. It's pretty old, but I was craving comedy, so went out and checked another DeNiro comedy out. I watche...

Whenever I find a movie or documentary about climbing, my hand automatically reaches out for it and I have to watch it. So tonight, I watche...

I went to Subway the other day. It was the first time in Japan where they just gave me the cup and I could fill the cup with what I wanted. ...

Sushi is very popular over here. They have what are called "kaiten zushi" restaurants over here...the ultimate fast-food sushi res...

So, like I said, the conference is over. These, and a few others are the core members of the organizing committee that did the nitty gritty ...

One day I heard a lot of people shouting outside, so I looked through the window and saw these group of people saying "washoi washoi!...

In Japan, they seem to have many ranks of police. This guy on his motor-bicyle, I think he's probably the lowest, which is the guy at t...

My grandma! She usually lives with my aunt, but when I went to visit her, she was at the day-care center so I went to surprise her there. Sh...

I took this picture in the grocery store several weeks ago because it just struck me so funny that they would actually sell just THREE stems...

Hey guys, the International Creative Arts Therapy Conference that I've been working SOOO hard on for the past few months is finally over...

As you can tell, I haven't uploaded my blog lately. I started making a Ebeye blog page to put all my Ebeye trip pictures up, but I took ...

During the Golden Week Holidays (first week of May where there are several consecutive national holidays), I went up to Tokyo again for meet...