2006年04月02日
First Photo Contest
Sullied seaside, frog-suit females and a floral faux pas initial signs of 'your' Japan I came third place in the first photo contest in which I participated. I sumbitted my very popular gyaru (or more specifically "yamanba") pic to the... [Read Entry]Posted by William at 16:10 | Comments (0)
2005年05月02日
It is, no more
A sad day. My favourite dance club, the curiously named "Bar Isn't It" in Roppongi, Tokyo has closed its doors for good. I am happy to have had the chance to dance many a night until morning in the iconic... [Read Entry]Posted by William at 09:50 | Comments (1)
2004年12月02日
Boston Career Forum 2004
Toward the end of October, I went to Boston to participate in a Japanese-English bilingual career forum organized by DISCO International. With a name like that you would expect quite a swinging party and whilst there were no flashing lights... [Read Entry]Posted by William at 01:23 | Comments (1)
2004年11月05日
Japanese Air Fare
When I was researching air fares for my trip to Osaka last May, I came across this website about Traveling [sic] Cheaply to and in Japan. The author is American, but many of the agencies he listed that offer cheap... [Read Entry]Posted by William at 14:32 | Comments (0)
2004年10月14日
Furigana
Furigana is the term used to describe the small phonetic Japanese text written above the Chinese characters, kown as Kanji, used in the Japanese writing system. Furigana is written in the phonetic script hiragana. Furigana is used extensively in children's... [Read Entry]Posted by William at 14:37 | Comments (0)
2004年08月19日
A Few Extra Pics from Osaka
There were a couple of pictures left over from my journey back home from Japan on the roll I just developed with my grad photos. There are pics from Detroit International Airport, and a pic of the inside of a... [Read Entry]Posted by William at 02:23 | Comments (0)
2004年08月01日
Rolls 4 and 5 from Japan
Though not quite so interesting now that I have long since left Japan, I have a couple more rolls of photos developed for your perusal. See Rolls 4 and 5. My graduation photos from June are still sitting in a... [Read Entry]Posted by William at 10:47 | Comments (0)
2004年06月16日
Back from Japan + Osaka Roll3
Hi. I'm back. I just finished one of the most wonderful one and a half months of my life. Every single day was different and exciting and I was constantly surrounded by and meeting great people. I have added another... [Read Entry]Posted by William at 15:51 | Comments (0)
2004年06月11日
Coming to an end
My trip to Japan is quickly coming to an end. I have had an incredible time without a single idle day. The exchange program ended on Friday last week. Thursday I enjoyed a big party with the "study pal" group... [Read Entry]Posted by William at 15:24 | Comments (2)
2004年06月02日
New Osaka and Poole Photos
I finally got some of my film developed and have uploaded the results. Here is the first roll, and here is the second roll. --> first roll, and here is the second roll. [Update: Galleries taken offline] --> --> And... [Read Entry]Posted by William at 03:46 | Comments (4)
Typical Week at Poole
I would have liked to write an update each week so you could understand exactly what I have been up to in Japan, but if I spent my time writing instead of doing interesting things, then I would not have... [Read Entry]Posted by William at 03:34 | Comments (1)
2004年05月13日
The Kawamoto Family
I met my host family for the first time on Friday. I was a little travel weary and not feeling so well, I believed, from eating something bad, and that my mum believed, was from partying too hard. At any... [Read Entry]Posted by William at 04:04 | Comments (5)
2004年05月09日
Party Every Night - Part II
In the first episode of Party Every Night, we left off with with Yokote, his friends, and me tearing up the reggae club. That night I stayed at Yokote's friend Kichi's place. Kichi I had met last year on another... [Read Entry]Posted by William at 01:25 | Comments (1)
2004年05月06日
New Phone Email Address
Changing your vodafone email address from the default 15 character crpytic alpha-numeric string is almost as difficult as just memorizing that string in the first place. First you have to go here.... [Read Entry]Posted by William at 05:12 | Comments (0)
2004年05月05日
Contact Info 新しい携帯
I have a new phone in Japan. It's actually my old phone but I managed with great difficulty, and help from my friend, to reconnect it. Number / 携帯番号: 090 4272 7906 Email / 携帯メール: y27afd73e29jwy3 AT k DOT vodafone... [Read Entry]Posted by William at 12:37 | Comments (1)
2004年05月03日
Party Every Night
Last time we left off, I was looking for a place to rest after a tiring journey to Japan. My physiology is usually in a conflicting state of fatigue and hunger. One of those feelings is typically dominant and wins.... [Read Entry]Posted by William at 18:00 | Comments (0)
2004年04月30日
Customs and Immigration
So I am back in Japan now. The feeling is kind of strange as I am surrounded by familiarity in a decidedly foreign place. I have already had a couple of conversations in Japanese and I feel a little embarrassed... [Read Entry]Posted by William at 09:21 | Comments (0)
2004年04月25日
日本に戻る - Back to Japan!
I will be returning to Japan on Thursday! I applied for and was accepted to a one month exchange program between Renison College, one of the colleges affiliated with the University of Waterloo where Japanese language classes are taught, and... [Read Entry]Posted by William at 22:03 | Comments (1)